Saturday, December 21, 2013

Space walk on the ISS. Repair broken cooling system - On 24

astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) began cooling system repair station. Bug has ammonia feed pump.

Its removal will require three exits into space. For the tasks they are assigned astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Michael Hopkins. When you first walk will be carried out preparatory work for the actual repair. This is to be performed during the second and third option.
Space walk on the ISS. Repair broken cooling system

Source – U.S. CBS / x-news

Each walk will last approximately 6.5 hours. The next are scheduled for Monday (23.12) and Wednesday (25.12). Damage to the system occurred on December 11. At this time, the interior air-conditioning station and a second cooling system. His run required off unnecessary equipment.

U.S. CBS / x-news

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