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Forum:	Space Shuttles - Space Station
Topic:	ISS Expedition 50: US (40) spacewalk (3/24/17)

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]Today's (March 24) spacewalk began at 6:24 a.m. CDT (1124 GMT), approximately a half hour ahead of schedule.[/B][/QUOTE]
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Kimbrough's and Pesquet's major tasks include disconnecting cables from the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 ahead of its move from the Tranquility Node 3 to the Harmony Node 2 on Sunday (March 26). The spacewalkers will also lubricate the latching end of the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, Dextre, and replace computer relay boxes with commercial crew software upgrades.

After it is moved and reconnected, PMA-3 will be outfitted with an international docking adapter (IDA) to be delivered on a future flight of a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft.

This will be the 198th spacewalk in support of space station assembly and maintenance. It will be Kimbrough's fifth EVA of his career and Pesquet's second.

Robert Pearlman

Today's (March 24) spacewalk began at 6:24 a.m. CDT (1124 GMT), approximately a half hour ahead of schedule.

Robert Pearlman

Today's (March 24) spacewalk officially ended at 12:58 p.m. CDT (1758 GMT), 6 hours and 34 minutes after it began.

All scheduled tasks, plus one "get-ahead" task were completed.

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