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January 15, 2002. Korolev, Moscow area.
International Space Station expedition crew ISS-4 has performed
an EVA.
The objective of the EVA was to install a second cargo boom
on the Russian Docking Compartment, Pirs module, as well
as to install a Ham Radio antenna on the propulsion section
of Service Module Zvezda.
This cargo boom, just as the first cargo boom installed
on the Pirs module earlier, is designed to support the space
station crew extravehicular activities. The boom structural
components were delivered to ISS on-board Shuttle Orbiters
and were temporarily stowed on the outer surface of transfer
adapter PMA-1 of US module Unity.
The exit hatch on Docking Compartment Pirs was opened on
January 14, 2002, at 23:59, Moscow Time.
The work in open space was performed by Russian cosmonaut
Yuri Onufrienko (expedition commander) and US astronaut
Carl Walz (flight engineer). US astronaut Daniel Bursch
(flight engineer) stayed inside the space station and was
checking the progress of work against the on-board documentation.
Yuri Onufrienko and Carl Walz, using the first cargo boom
installed on the ISS Russian Segment earlier, transferred
from Pirs module to PMA-1 adapter on Unity module, performed
al the operations necessary to remove restraints and transfer
the structure of the second cargo boom to the installation
area, after which they secured it to its base support located
on the outer surface of Pirs module. After that they transferred
to the propulsion section of Sevice Module Zvezda delivering
a Ham radio antenna to its attachment point, installed this
antenna on a handrail, and, having mated its connectors,
returned to Pirs module together with equipment and tools
that supported their operations in space.
The hatch closure took place at 06:02 Moscow Time. The activities
in open space lasted 6 hours 03 minutes.
The progress of the work was recorded on video by the crew
and by the on-board equipment.
This was the first EVA performed by ISS-4 expedition crew.
According to reports from the crew and LOCT that performed
the space station monitoring and controlling from Mission
Control Center near Moscow (Flight Director - cosmonaut
V.A.Soloviev), the crew state of health is good and all
the ISS on-board systems operate within their design limits.
Present at the Mission Control Center throughout EVA operations
were specialists from RSC Energia and its subcontractors.
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