Spacewalk to begin the reconfiguration of ISS successful
Saturday’s first spacewalk in a yearlong project to reconfigure ISS so that it can accomodate two commercial cargo capsules and two commercial ferries, all at the same time, completed all tasks with no problems.
The article also provides a very clear explanation of the entire planned reconfiguration of ISS, including the reasons why these changes are necessary.
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Saturday’s first spacewalk in a yearlong project to reconfigure ISS so that it can accomodate two commercial cargo capsules and two commercial ferries, all at the same time, completed all tasks with no problems.
The article also provides a very clear explanation of the entire planned reconfiguration of ISS, including the reasons why these changes are necessary.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Move the MPLM (storage module) from the bottom of node 1 to Node 3.
This means bottom of Node 1 and Node 2 have CBM ports open for Berthing Cargo vehicles.
Move the spare PMA from Node 3 to top of Node 2. (Shuttle used front of Node 2 to dock).
Now you have 2 cargo berthing ports, and 2 crew docking ports. (NASA wants a backup available most of the time).
Plus PMA’s are getting extension modules added to allow the commercial crew vehicles to dock to them. Brought up by a Dragon Cargo in the unpressurized trunk. (CRS-7 and CRS-8 and then BEAM In a later CRS mission).