upside-down right now, but i guess it doesn t matter in space. normally upside-down. they ve come out of the air lock. been out maybe 30, 40 minutes at this point, and they ve checked out their suits. everything is working fine. they ve set up their work site, and now are getting to work throughout their procedure. still going through some of the setup phases and then will start preparing the old pump module to come out and the new one to be ready to go in. so they re not going to do that exchange today but they re getting a lot of prep work done in today s space walk. they ll be there 6.5 hours today. a long time. that s the plan. yeah. you plan these things so they re 6.5 hours and sometimes if things go really well, you come in a little early. if things don t go well, you come in a little late. the target is 6.5 hours and i think these guys are running a little ahead. this is a very strong space walking team out there. rick mastracchio has been six before.
two astronauts completing a spacewalk high above the earth during which they removed a broken cooling pump on the international space station. the damaged system has hampered operations aboard the orbitalant could be finished next week. here is tom jones, author of sky walking, an astronaut s memoir. tom, it s good to see you. thanks, merry christmas to you. let s talk about this. this is a very critical mission for the astronauts on board of international space station. today s walk, spacewalk, took five hours and 28 minutes, so they completed it a little bit ahead of time for what they were originally scheduled to do. what did they specifically do that will help them on monday when they have to go back out? kelly, they ve broken the tasks down into two or three separate parts. today was chapter one where they removed the bad pump module from
those astronauts will be making a spacewalk to replace a failed pump module outside the space station on saturday and maybe even on christmas day. we ll be right back. stick with power. stick with technology. get the new flexcare platinum from philips sonicare and save now. philips sonicare. this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the. [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] so indulgent, you ll never believe they re light. 100-calorie progresso light soups. you ll never believe they re light. but with less energy, moodiness, and a low sex drive,y first. i saw my doctor. a blood test showed it was low testosterone, not age. we talked about axiron. the only underarm low t treatment that can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women especially those who are or who may become pregnant
overheat or cool too much. the space walk was not the first option. the attempt was to repair it remotely and that did not work. in your description of it being a simple repair. if it can t be done remotely, why are they at this point with the space walk? they are at the point with the space walk this is the thing that separates it from being simple to complex. space walks are risky. they have to do the repair outside because the pump module that holds the valve is on the exterior of the space station on the main truss. they have to go outside, remove all of the connections that carry coolant to this, then they have to remove the pump itself, pumt put a new one in place and hook the connections back together. i want to play with rick said, he talked about the possibility of a space walk before it was confirmed. let s play that. some of these science
her face, smashed her table and pushed her out of her house. she has since recanted and says she wants him back. a scary incident at a popular ski resort in new hampshire. officials say a woman and girl fell 40 feet from a ski lift. they suffered serious injuries and had to be taken to the hospital. the general manager at the resort said he believes it wasn t a mechanical malfunction but rather what workers call a misload were the two were put in the chair lift. nasa is trying to decide whether an emergency space walk is the best way to repair a piece of equipment that s not working on the space station. with the latest on the fix-it challenge, here s our houston station. reporter: after 15 years in orbit with square footage the size of a five bedroom home maintenance issues will come up at the international space station. the pump module on one of the space station s two external cooling loops shut down when it reached preset temperature limits. they are designed to keep interna