377 DAY IN THE LIFE: WHEN MAJOR ANOMALIES OCCUR CHAPTER 20 would need to be worked around by isolating it from the system until it could be exonerated from any damage. The loop actually had to be completely shut down at one point so the crew could remove an internal power jumper and reconfigure the power system. The team eventually managed to work through the details and bring the ISS back up to full functionality. This cleared the way for the later Cygnus mission, which launched successfully on January 9, 2014, after the high beta cut-out. The lead Team 4 flight director summed up the teamwork that had occurred over the previous 2 weeks in this way: Throughout this huge team effort, I was incredibly impressed by those that I have worked with before and those that I hadn’t yet met. This was international spaceflight at its finest! Thank you! And so went the story of just one of many human spaceflight victories. For each person in Mission Control in December 2013, the victory was fought on a personal front. Sacrifices were made by so many personnel and their families, upending their daily schedules, weekends, and vacations. But there was a personal reward, as well—the satisfaction of knowing they worked a really difficult human spaceflight problem and saw it end in success! Figure 16. (Top) Flight Director Dina Contella leads the team in Mission Control during the repair of the Pump Module on Christmas Eve, 2013. The spacewalking astronauts are visible in the live video downlink on the left. (Bottom) Full view of the team controlling the spacewalk.