Spacewalkers begin ISS battery replacement
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2010, 7:37 AM ET (1137 GMT)
Two spacewalking astronauts replaced several large batteries on the International Space Station and performed other work during a seven-hour spacewalk on Wednesday. Steve Bowen and Michael Good spent seven hours and nine minutes outside the station on an EVA that started at 6:38 am EDT (1038 GMT) Wednesday, the second of three EVAs planned for the STS-132 mission. The two replaced four of six large batteries on the station's port truss, one more than originally planned; the remaining two will be replaced during the mission's final spacewalk Friday. The two also fixed a snagged cable in the shuttle Atlantis's orbital boom sensor system that had limited its ability to inspect the orbiter's exterior earlier in the mission. They also finalized the installation of a backup Ku-band antenna installed on Monday's EVA. On Thursday the STS-132 crew will get a few hours of time off after opening up the new Rassvet module on the station for the first time.
Two spacewalking astronauts replaced several large batteries on the International Space Station and performed other work during a seven-hour spacewalk on Wednesday. Steve Bowen and Michael Good spent seven hours and nine minutes outside the station on an EVA that started at 6:38 am EDT (1038 GMT) Wednesday, the second of three EVAs planned for the STS-132 mission. The two replaced four of six large batteries on the station's port truss, one more than originally planned; the remaining two will be replaced during the mission's final spacewalk Friday. The two also fixed a snagged cable in the shuttle Atlantis's orbital boom sensor system that had limited its ability to inspect the orbiter's exterior earlier in the mission. They also finalized the installation of a backup Ku-band antenna installed on Monday's EVA. On Thursday the STS-132 crew will get a few hours of time off after opening up the new Rassvet module on the station for the first time.
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