Patriotic Photos
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| November 19, 2009 --- Astronaut Mike Foreman, STS-129 mission
specialist, participates in the mission's first session of
extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance
continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour,
37-minute spacewalk, Foreman and astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr.
(out of frame), mission specialist, installed a spare S-band antenna
structural assembly to the Z1 segment of the station's truss, or
backbone. Foreman and Satcher also installed a set of cables for a
future space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and
replaced a handrail on the Unity node with a new bracket used to
route an ammonia cable that will be needed for the Tranquility node
when it is delivered next year. The two spacewalkers also
repositioned a cable connector on Unity, checked S0 truss cable
connections, and lubricated latching snares on the Kibo robotic arm
and the station's mobile base system. Photo courtesy of
NASA |
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