Astronauts perform third STS-134 spacewalk
Posted: Thu, May 26, 2011, 7:06 AM ET (1106 GMT)
Two astronauts spent nearly seven hours outside the International Space Station on Wednesday completing a variety of tasks. During a spacewalk that lasted six hours and 54 minutes, Drew Feustel and Mike Fincke installed a new fixture on the Zarya module that can be used by the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. The two also performed some wiring work and completed work on an antenna system installed on the shuttle mission's first spacewalk. The EVA went smoothly, except for some brief irritation in Feustel's eye, apparently caused by soap used to prevent the suit's helmet from fogging up. The spacewalk was the third of four planned for the mission, with the final STS-134 spacewalk, which will also be the final scheduled spacewalk of the shuttle program, set for Friday.
Two astronauts spent nearly seven hours outside the International Space Station on Wednesday completing a variety of tasks. During a spacewalk that lasted six hours and 54 minutes, Drew Feustel and Mike Fincke installed a new fixture on the Zarya module that can be used by the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. The two also performed some wiring work and completed work on an antenna system installed on the shuttle mission's first spacewalk. The EVA went smoothly, except for some brief irritation in Feustel's eye, apparently caused by soap used to prevent the suit's helmet from fogging up. The spacewalk was the third of four planned for the mission, with the final STS-134 spacewalk, which will also be the final scheduled spacewalk of the shuttle program, set for Friday.
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