Patriotic Photos
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March, 21 2009 --- Astronaut Steve Swanson, STS-119
mission specialist, participates in the mission's second scheduled
session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and
maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the
six-hour, 30-minute spacewalk Swanson and astronaut Joseph Acaba
(out of frame), mission specialist, prepared a worksite so the
STS-127 spacewalkers can more easily change out the Port 6 truss
batteries later this year. On the Japanese Kibo laboratory they
installed a second Global Positioning Satellite antenna that will be
used for the planned rendezvous of the Japanese HTV cargo ship in
September. They photographed areas of radiator panels extended from
the Port 1 and Starboard 1 trusses and reconfigured connectors at a
patch panel on the Zenith 1 truss that power Control Moment
Gyroscopes. Photo courtesy of NASA (See
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