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Will Spacewalks Happen On Expedition 40? NASA Undecided Due To Leak Investigation

23 Jan , 2014 by Elizabeth Howell

Remember those snorkels and pads astronauts used during the ammonia pump replacement on station this past December? The new measures went a long way to helping astronauts stay safe if another helmet water leak happens, but at the same time, NASA is eager to find the cause so they know how it happened and how to […]

Speedy Spacewalkers Ahead Of Pace As Next Repair Moved To Tuesday

21 Dec , 2013 by Elizabeth Howell

The ghosts of spacewalks past did not haunt the quick-working pair of astronauts who began replacing a faulty ammonia pump on the International Space Station today (Dec. 21). Unlike a difficult spacewalk to do a similar repair in 2010, NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins were so far ahead of schedule that they began […]

After Facing Down Ammonia Leak, This Astronaut Will Help Crew During Spacewalks

20 Dec , 2013 by Elizabeth Howell

When you learned to drive a car for the first time, remember how comforting it was to have an experienced driver beside you, able to anticipate the hazards and keep you on schedule? That’s surely how the Expedition 38 crew feels about one of the voices “on the line” as two astronauts prepare to venture […]

Astronauts Get Three Spacewalks As An Early Christmas Present

17 Dec , 2013 by Elizabeth Howell

The week before Christmas will be full of spacewalk preparations for Expedition 38 as they get ready to remove and replace a malfunctioning pump aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins will participate in the spacewalks, NASA said today (Dec. 17), with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata handling robotic operations during […]

Spacewalk, Or Backup Valve? NASA Works The Space Station Cooling Problem

16 Dec , 2013 by Elizabeth Howell

While Expedition 38 astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Michael Hopkins get their spacesuits and the Quest airlock ready in case they need to do a spacewalk to fix a cooling problem on board the station, NASA engineers have come up with an alternate proposal that could allow an interim fix from the ground. A faulty flow control […]

NASA Weighs Spacewalk To Fix Cooling Problem On Station

13 Dec , 2013 by Elizabeth Howell

NASA may allow its first spacewalk since summer to deal with a malfunction that crippled a cooling loop on the International Space Station. If extravehicular activity is deemed necessary for a fix, it would be the first time NASA spacesuits were used “outside” since Luca Parmitano, an Italian astronaut, experienced a water leak in one that […]

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