1. After doing this, reconnect the cables and then coat the battery terminals with some chassis grease or petroleum jelly to protect them from further corrosion. 2. He will enter the damaged Spektr module and try to reconnect power cables. 3. Mir commander Anatoly Solovyev will try to reconnect power cables from the damaged Spektr module. 4. The goal is to reopen Spektr, reconnect the cables and then seal the module up again, while keeping the air in the Mir. 5. The intention is to re-enter the Spektr module and reconnect the cables without letting the air out of the Mir. 6. The trick is to reconnect the cables from the Spektr module to the rest of Mir without letting the air escape from the space station. 7. This involves donning space suits, opening the Spektr module, reconnecting power cables and installing a special hatch. 8. They involve opening up the damaged Spektr module, reconnecting power cables while wearing bulky space gloves and then resealing the module with a new, hermetic hatch. 9. When he reconnected the cables to the battery posts, he used a hammer on the cable clamps to help make contact. 10. During the Spektr repair, a cosmonaut will need to reenter the depressurized module, assess the damage and reconnect the cables. |