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Pump module lifted from payload bay during spacewalk BY WILLIAM HARWOOD STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION Posted: July 10, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. Astronauts Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum attached a grapple bar to the new space station pump module mounted in Discovery's cargo bay. Lisa Nowak and Stephanie Wilson, operating the space station's robot arm, plucked it out of the astronauts' gloved hands one hour into the spacewalk and slowly lifted the 1,400-pound freezer-sized module out of the bay. "Piers and Mike, we have captured the pump module," Wilson radioed from Discovery's flight deck. "Copy, Stephanie," confirmed pilot Mark Kelly. "And Piers and Mike, you can let go of the pump module." "Copy, letting go," Sellers said. "Letting go. Clear," Fossum said. "Cool! And Mark, you can tell our commander he can breathe now." It will take about a half hour to manuever the pump module to an external stowage platform on the station where it will be locked down by Sellers and Fossum. Before exiting the Quest airlock module earlier today, the spacewalkers joked about working in orbital darkness, marveled at the view and frequently broke out in laughter. I think we'll be coming out in the dark, mate," Sellers said. "I think so," said Fossum. "I've done that before." "Nothing to be afraid of in the dark there," Kelly joked. "No..." Fossum said. "Everyone can hear you scream," one of the astronauts said. "Yeah, Mike, we'll all hear you scream," Kelly said. "I've got time to get outside, put on my alien costume and wait for Mike to come out," Sellers joked. After handing off the pump module, Sellers and Fossum took a moment to enjoy the view as the space station sailed 210 miles above South America. "Mark, what river are we flying over?" Sellers asked. "Amazon." "You're kidding," Fossum said. "That's a BIG river," Kelly said. "It is huge," Sellers agreed.
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