Astronauts Complete First in Series of Spacewalks
On Sunday, Dec. 22, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins tweeted this photo of Saturday's spacewalk, saying, "Wow... can't believe that is me yesterday. Wish I could find the words to describe the experience, truly amazing."
Expedition 38 Flight Engineers Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins wrapped up a 5-hour, 28-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 1:29 a.m. MYT Sunday, completing the first in a series of excursions aimed at replacing a degraded ammonia pump module associated with one of the station's two external cooling loops that keeps both internal and external equipment cool. A second spacewalk to install a replacement pump module is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 24 at 8:10 p.m. MYT, with NASA TV coverage beginning at 7:15 p.m. MYT.
> @AstroIllini (Mike Hopkins) on Twitter
> @AstroRM (Rick Mastracchio) on Twitter
Image Credit: NASA