Mobile base station attached to ISS
Posted: Tue, Jun 11, 2002, 7:52 AM ET (1152 GMT)
Astronauts successfully attached a new mobile base station to the International Space Station on Monday. The unit is designed to allow the station's Canadarm2 robot arm to move around the station on the railcar on the station's truss. The unit was installed Monday by Canadarm2, and an EVA scheduled for Tuesday by Franklin Chang-Diaz and Philippe Perrin will complete the connections of the mobile base station to the railcar. The outgoing Expedition Four and incoming Expedition Five crews held a formal change-of-command ceremony on the station Monday afternoon, but the ceremony was interrupted by an alarm that turned out to be a false fire alarm. The ceremony was a mere formality, as the de facto change of command took place shortly after the shuttle Endeavour docked on Friday.
Astronauts successfully attached a new mobile base station to the International Space Station on Monday. The unit is designed to allow the station's Canadarm2 robot arm to move around the station on the railcar on the station's truss. The unit was installed Monday by Canadarm2, and an EVA scheduled for Tuesday by Franklin Chang-Diaz and Philippe Perrin will complete the connections of the mobile base station to the railcar. The outgoing Expedition Four and incoming Expedition Five crews held a formal change-of-command ceremony on the station Monday afternoon, but the ceremony was interrupted by an alarm that turned out to be a false fire alarm. The ceremony was a mere formality, as the de facto change of command took place shortly after the shuttle Endeavour docked on Friday.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Friday, March 20
Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB scheduled for Friday afternoon
KEYT-TV Santa Barbara, CA — 7:04 am ET (1104 GMT) Blue Origin Formally Enters Race to Develop Data Centers in Space
Wall Street Journal — 7:03 am ET (1103 GMT) Blue Origin Joins the Race for Orbital Data Centers With 51K Satellite Plan
PC Magazine — 7:02 am ET (1102 GMT) How we protected the UK and space in February 2026
UK Space Agency — 7:02 am ET (1102 GMT) L3Harris Technologies completes Space Surveillance Telescope refurbishment
Australian Defence Magazine — 7:02 am ET (1102 GMT) |
