What are the goals of the first space walk?
The [prime goal of] first space walk will be installing the Early Ammonia Servicer. And, it’s a task that I think we’ve trained very thoroughly, and we’re ready to do that. Additionally, we will install the two MISSE experiments, and they’re going to go on handrails that are on the outside of the joint airlock. What are you doing to support those space walks? I’ll be the IVA crewmember, so I will be in charge of reading out the checklist to the EV crewmembers. Even prior to them going out the hatch, I will be putting them into their suits and making sure that their suits are safe and ready, that they have all the equipment they need inside the airlock to conduct the space walks. And then, once they’re out there, I will be calling out each step and verifying that they’ve completed each action that they were instructed to. I’ll also be monitoring the overall progress of the space walk to make sure that we are accomplishing the mission we have in the allotted timeframe. I’ll be working wi
