YOUR WORLD SCIENCE NEWS
DECEMBER 2013
DAY 22
Space
Real space walking...
Two Astronauts aboard the International Space station finished their space walk to repair a broken piece of equipment on Saturday, December 21, 2013. The walk and repair time took 5 hours and 28 minutes, but ended successfully in repairs. Although the difficulty level was high Astronauts Mike Hopkins and Rich Mastracchio were in total attention and in continued communication with NASA to make the repair beneficial. It's the first time for Hopkins, but Mastracchio has experience in doing at least 6 other repairs in space and having a record breaking of spending 16 hours in open space walks. NASA officials were somewhat concerned of their safety coached them diligently during their mission. The two replaced a degraded ammonia pump module. Although the main purpose of the replacement is not as another walk to tighten down the part is scheduled on Christmas Day.
That's Space Watching and Walking...
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Posted By: MIISRAEL Bride
Monday, December 23rd 2013 at 4:35PM
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