STS-130 - Day 5

A busy day for the STS-130 crew began at 4:14 pm EST with the sending of the wake-up call. Today's wake-up was "Beautiful Day" by famed rock group U2, played for Kay Hire. Today was the big day as the station would grow in size for the final time. The first spacewalk for the mission began at 9:17 pm EST as the two spacewalkers, Patrick and Behnken, exited the Quest airlock.
Their goal: to get Tranquility ready for its new home. First, the spacewalkers prepared the area where Tranquility was to be docked. Also, they worked on the station's Dextre robot as they waited for the station's robotic arm to take Tranquility out of the shuttle's cargo bay and move it to its final location, on the port side of Node 1 Unity.
Once Tranquility was mated to Unity, the spacewalkers made their way over and began hooking up cables and lines needed to bring vital power and support to the module. The spacewalkers were very fast in their work, being an hour ahead of their planned work schedule at one point, forcing Mission Control ordering the astronauts to pace themselves. The spacewalk concluded at 3:49 am EST as the astronauts climbed back into the airlock.
There was also important work inside the station as new parts were added to the station's Water Recovery System and samples were prepared for return to Earth as part of the troubleshooting process involved. Just imagine, all this for the world's first space plumbing service call. The system is planned to be moved into Tranquility once fixed.
With all that, the shuttle crew hit the sack at 8:14 am EST. Over all, today was a busy day in space. The days to follow will bring more surprises and will also bring the station to 98% completion by the end of the mission. Until the next posting, see ya later!