Second STS-126 spacewalk a success
Posted: Fri, Nov 21, 2008, 8:21 AM ET (1321 GMT)
Two astronauts marked the tenth anniversary of the launch of the first module of the International Space Station by performing a spacewalk outside the orbiting outpost, continuing work on a balky joint. Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper and Shane Kimbrough spent six hours and 45 minutes outside the station on an EVA that started at 12:58 pm EST (1758 GMT) Thursday. As with Tuesday's spacewalk, the two spent much of their time cleaning a Solar Array Rotary Joint (SARJ) that has experienced problems moving in recent months. The two also moved a pair of equipment carts and lubricated a component of the station's robotic arm during the EVA. The spacewalk was the second of four scheduled for the STS-126 mission, and took place ten years to the day after the station's first component, the Russian module Zarya, was launched. The shuttle and station crews plan to work on a new water recycling system inside the station on Friday while preparing for the third EVA of the mission on Saturday.
Two astronauts marked the tenth anniversary of the launch of the first module of the International Space Station by performing a spacewalk outside the orbiting outpost, continuing work on a balky joint. Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper and Shane Kimbrough spent six hours and 45 minutes outside the station on an EVA that started at 12:58 pm EST (1758 GMT) Thursday. As with Tuesday's spacewalk, the two spent much of their time cleaning a Solar Array Rotary Joint (SARJ) that has experienced problems moving in recent months. The two also moved a pair of equipment carts and lubricated a component of the station's robotic arm during the EVA. The spacewalk was the second of four scheduled for the STS-126 mission, and took place ten years to the day after the station's first component, the Russian module Zarya, was launched. The shuttle and station crews plan to work on a new water recycling system inside the station on Friday while preparing for the third EVA of the mission on Saturday.
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