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| Space Station Gets A Room With a View |
| By informationweek.com |
| Published: 02/12/2010 |
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By Paul McDougall InformationWeek February 12, 2010 08:44 AM Crewmembers from the International Space Station completed a six-and-a-half hour, overnight spacewalk to install a new module that will offer residents of the manned satellite panoramic views of the Earth, passing spacecraft, and celestial objects. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Nick Patrick exited the ISS's Quest airlock module at 9:17 p.m. EST to ready the new Tranquility node and attached cupola for transport from Endeavour's cargo bay to the space station. The module is designed to increase the ISS's internal space and the attached cupola, a robotic, windowed control station, will provide the space-front views. Behnken and Patrick completed their tasks at 3:49 a.m. Friday morning. Shuttle crewmembers then used the spacecraft's external Canadarm2 to maneuver the Tranquility node into position on the ISS and lock it in place. NASA said the operations went as planned. Endeavour successfully docked with the ISS early Wednesday. The docking was preceded by a standard rendezvous pitch maneuver in which the spacecraft does a "back flip" in order to attain the attitude required to couple with the ISS. The roll also gave crew aboard the space station the chance to photograph the shuttle's underside so experts at NASA Mission Control could assess the health of the craft's heat shield. No problems were reported. Endeavour's current mission will see the astronauts perform three spacewalks in total to conduct maintenance and repair operations on the ISS. The shuttle blasted off at 4:14 a.m. Monday, following a one-day delay caused by inclement weather. Read More. |
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