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Spacewalkers to replace failed power regulator

Expedition 41 flight engineers Reid Wiseman and Butch Wilmore will venture out on a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk on Wednesday (Oct. 15) to remove and replace a power regulator, known as a sequential shunt unit, on the starboard truss of the International Space Station. The regulator failed in May.

The two spacewalkers will also move TV and camera equipment to prepare for the relocation of the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) to accommodate the future installation of new docking adapters for U.S. commercial crew vehicles.

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U.S. EVA 28 gets underway

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Butch Wilmore are now outside the International Space Station.

The spacewalk officially began at 7:16 a.m. CDT (1216 GMT).

Wiseman, wearing a suit with red stripes, is designated extravehicular crewmember one (EV1). Wilmore is EV2 wearing no stripes.

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Spacewalkers replace regulator, move equipment

Reid Wiseman and Butch Wilmore completed the second Expedition 41 spacewalk at 1:50 p.m. CDT (1850 GMT), 6 hours and 34 minutes after they began.

Wiseman and Wilmore exited from the Quest airlock and translated out to the starboard side of the space station's integrated truss structure. There they replaced a failed power regulator known as a sequential shunt unit.

The unit, which failed in May, regulates power from the 3A solar array. The station has since operated normally on seven of its eight power channels, but replacing the unit provides the station team with more flexibility and redundancy in managing the primary power system and assures enough power for all the planned science.

Timing was a factor for the replacement of the sequential shunt unit. The spacewalkers needed to remove the failed suitcase-sized unit and install its replacement while the station passed through the Earth's shadow and electricity was not being generated by the solar array.

The remainder of the spacewalk focused on moving equipment installed on the port side of the station's truss in preparation for the relocation of the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module, or PMM, currently expected to take place next summer. The relocation of the PMM and the installation of international docking adapters scheduled to be delivered to the complex in 2015 will configure the station for future commercial crew vehicles and provide an additional berthing port for commercial cargo spacecraft.

Wiseman and Wilmore removed an external TV camera from the bottom of the P1 truss segment. Since that camera has lost its zoom capability, the spacewalkers replaced it on the top of P1 with a new camera.

The astronauts then detached an articulating portable foot restraint and tool stanchion from P1 and moved it inward to the centerpiece of the station's truss structure, the S0 truss, to get it out of the way for the relocation of Leonardo.

Finally, the Wireless Video System External Transceiver Assembly, or WETA, which receives all the video signals from spacewalking crew members, was transferred from the P1 truss to the Harmony node.

Wednesday's spacewalk was the 183rd in support of space station assembly and maintenance. This was the second EVA for Wiseman and the first for Wilmore.

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