Astronauts Christopher Cassidy and Thomas Marshburn of the Endeavor crew space ship installed outside the International Space Station four new solar batteries during a long stay in open space. The fourth "space walk" lasted 7 hours and 12 minutes.
The task they have to comply with astronauts were very labor intensive and required a significant need to unscrew the patient is more than a dozen bolts, remove the old batteries, attach the new and connect them. They worked slowly, but large in terms of stress. Cassidy tried so that the level of carbon dioxide in its began to rise dangerously. Marshburn had at some point take over part of his duties. The audit also considered whether or not to shorten the flight and return astronauts to the station, but eventually managed to successfully mount all the batteries. On Monday, Marshburn and Cassidy, who is a special commando to the U.S. Navy, come out for the last time in space. However, ongoing trials Canaveral external fuel tank off the ferry before the Discovery, set for late August. The management wants to flight space ships be completely certain that the tank is not detached from the pieces of foam insulation, as was the case during take-off ferry Endeavor. |