NASA Conducts Second Spacewalk to Fix Coolant Pump on ISS
Expedition 38 astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins ventured outside the space station on Dec. 24, for the second in a series of spacewalks to remove and replace a faulty coolant pump module. The pump is associated with one of the station’s two external cooling loops, which circulate ammonia outside the station to keep both internal and external equipment cool.
The previously planned mission of Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus spacecraft has been moved to no earlier than mid-January. The postponement will allow ample time for the station crew to focus on repairing the pump module, which stopped working properly on Dec. 11.
Beautiful. 😉
The stories they get to tell their grandchildren! "Yeah, I replaced a coolant pump on the International Space Station."
>cooling equipment
>- whatever degrees celsius
i think you need heating equipment.
This is what's needed for the push to Mars-performing on the spot repairs and maintenance.
Great job fellas.
Sheesh! This is a job of work!
Thank you.
The future is (already) out there. Amazing!
I wonder how many of thees people kept dropping stuff back on earth because they expected them to float
Watch out for space debris! I seen it happen once in a movie.
" I got this, hold my beer"
"That would be awkward, yeah"
Must be an incredible feeling to be at the end of that arm looking down at Earth
14:35 "Big Gulps huh? Welp, see ya later!"