ISS astronauts end spacewalk
Two astronauts returned to the International Space Station on Friday after completing a seven-hour spacewalk during which a Japanese element was added to the station, NASA said.
By Agencies |
WASHINGTON: Two astronauts returned to the International Space Station on Friday after completing a seven-hour spacewalk during which a Japanese element was added to the station, NASA said.
NASA declared the spacewalk complete at 4:19am (0819 GMT) shortly after Mission Specialist Rick Linnehan and Flight Engineer Garrett Reisman returned to the ISS and its hatches were shut.
During the mission, the spacewalkers and their colleagues inside the ISS moved an initial component of Japan's Kibo laboratory from the shuttle's cargo bay and lifted it atop the ISS with the space shuttle's robotic arm.
Bolts latching the unit, a 4.2-ton logistics module, atop the Harmony module of the ISS were secured at 4:06am (0806 GMT), NASA officials said.
NASA declared the spacewalk complete at 4:19am (0819 GMT) shortly after Mission Specialist Rick Linnehan and Flight Engineer Garrett Reisman returned to the ISS and its hatches were shut.
During the mission, the spacewalkers and their colleagues inside the ISS moved an initial component of Japan's Kibo laboratory from the shuttle's cargo bay and lifted it atop the ISS with the space shuttle's robotic arm.
Bolts latching the unit, a 4.2-ton logistics module, atop the Harmony module of the ISS were secured at 4:06am (0806 GMT), NASA officials said.
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