STS-130 - Day 4

Day 4 for STS-130 is a quiet one compared to the previous three flight days but it will be a rest compared to the days to follow. The first full day of docked operations for shuttle and station began at 4:19 pm EST with the playing of "Also sprach Zarathustra", the theme from 2001, for Nick Patrick, one of the two spacewalkers for the mission and today would be busy in prepping for the first of three excursions.
The crew spent a good chuck of time getting ready for the first spacewalk by examining the suits, which led to an interesting event. It was found that the suit meant for the other spacewalker Bob Behnken was faulty. Instead of trying to repair the suit, they simply did a swap of parts from a spare suit on board the station.
The six members of the STS-130 crew along with fellow station-bound Americans Jeff Williams and TJ Cramer also performed an interview event with KXTV-TV in Sacramento, CA, WKRG-TV in Mobile, AL, and KMOX-FM in St. Louis, MO. Incidentally, the three cities are the hometowns of shuttle crew members Robinson, Hire, and Behnken, respectively.
The joint crew then spent the rest of their afternoon off-duty. The crew then finished off the day with the final activity needed for the spacewalk: the beginning of the camping-out time for the spacewalkers in the Quest airlock. Camping-out is a procedure where the spacewalkers sleep in the low-pressure environment that they'll have in their suits, as to avoid the bends.
With all that, the shuttle crew hit the sack and are scheduled to begin their super-busy Day 5 at 4:14 pm EST. On that day, the moment we've all been waiting for will occur. Until the next posting, see ya later!