February 15, 2008
Volume 23, Issue 3
Serving the aerospace
industry since 1986
Astronaut Rex Walheim, STS-122 mission specialist, participates in the first scheduled session of extravehicular activity as construction and maintenance
continue on the...
More
February 15, 2008
Volume 23, Issue 3
Serving the aerospace
industry since 1986
Astronaut Rex Walheim, STS-122 mission specialist, participates in the first scheduled session of extravehicular activity as construction and maintenance
continue on the International Space Station.
During the almost eight-hour spacewalk, Walheim and astronaut Stanley Love (out of frame), mission
specialist, installed a grapple fixture on the Columbus laboratory and prepared electrical and data connections on the module while it rested inside Space
Shuttle Atlantis’ payload bay.
The crewmembers also began work to replace a large nitrogen tank used for pressurizing the station’s ammonia cooling
system.
Inset: Photographed through a window on the International Space Station, the station’s robotic Canadarm2 moves the Columbus laboratory from its
stowage position in Space Shuttle Atlantis’ (STS-122) payload bay to the starboard side of the Harmony module.
For more on the mission, see Page 8.
Astronauts work o
Less
