Rick
06-07-2008, 10:23 AM
Astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan switched their spacesuits to internal battery power at 11:04 a.m. EDT, signifying the start of the mission's second spacewalk. During the 6.5-hour journey, Fossum and Garan will perform a number of tasks to continue outfitting the exterior of the Kibo laboratory. Among their duties, they will install front and rear television cameras on the outside of the Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module, or JPM, remove thermal covers from the Kibo robotic arm system, and prepare a JPM upper docking port where the Kibo logistics module will be attached on Friday. They also will prepare an external storage platform for the removal and replacement of a nitrogen tank assembly, a task they'll perform on Sunday's third spacewalk.
Meanwhile, astronauts inside the space station will activate the second of the two Kibo JPM power channels and continue outfitting the inside of the JPM.
Meanwhile, astronauts inside the space station will activate the second of the two Kibo JPM power channels and continue outfitting the inside of the JPM.