Rick
06-05-2008, 10:17 PM
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Mission Specialists Mike Fossum and Ron Garan completed the second STS-124 spacewalk. The 7-hour, 11-minute excursion ended at 6:15 p.m. EDT Thursday.
The spacewalkers installed two cameras on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory. These cameras will be used to judge clearances for the module’s robotic arm.
Garan and Fossum also prepared the laboratory’s top active common berthing mechanism for the attachment of the smaller section of the module, the Japanese Experiment Logistics Module - Pressurized Section, which was delivered during STS‐123.
In addition, the two spacewalkers made preparations for a nitrogen tank assembly swap they will make on their third spacewalk. They also removed an external television camera that had a failing power supply.
Fossum also inspected the space station's port solar alpha rotary joint, or SARJ. Unlike the starboard SARJ, the port SARJ has performed flawlessly. The inspection was done to ensure the port SARJ remains in good condition.
Mission Specialists Mike Fossum and Ron Garan completed the second STS-124 spacewalk. The 7-hour, 11-minute excursion ended at 6:15 p.m. EDT Thursday.
The spacewalkers installed two cameras on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory. These cameras will be used to judge clearances for the module’s robotic arm.
Garan and Fossum also prepared the laboratory’s top active common berthing mechanism for the attachment of the smaller section of the module, the Japanese Experiment Logistics Module - Pressurized Section, which was delivered during STS‐123.
In addition, the two spacewalkers made preparations for a nitrogen tank assembly swap they will make on their third spacewalk. They also removed an external television camera that had a failing power supply.
Fossum also inspected the space station's port solar alpha rotary joint, or SARJ. Unlike the starboard SARJ, the port SARJ has performed flawlessly. The inspection was done to ensure the port SARJ remains in good condition.