The astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steve Bowen made Saturday the longest output in space provided as part of STS-126 shuttle Endeavor.
During this third trip in space, astronauts have completed the work they had begun on the system of rotation of one of the three branches solar doubles, failed for over a year. They among other mechanism lubricated bearings to reduce friction exerted by the rotation.
Work on the antennas will continue Monday at a exit in the fourth space.
These antennas solar fueling the International Space Station (ISS) into electricity. The work of astronauts were headed to distance their colleague Shane Kimbrough, remained aboard the ISS.
Further work continues
The seven astronauts and the three occupants of the ISS have also continued Saturday to transfer the 14.5 tonnes of equipment and food from Leonardo module to the various modules of the ISS.
Engineers from NASA about them trying to solve the problems of running the Urine Processi Assembly, this machine from $ 250 million to be used to recycle urine into drinking water. The unit would produce 6.8 tons of recycled water per year.
This is one of the new elements that will allow more astronauts to live in SSI.
This mission marks a watershed in the history of the station, as its capacity will double from three to six astronauts in 2009.
The space shuttle Endeavor took off Friday evening from Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral, Florida, Sunday and docked at the station. It should remain there for 12 days.
This flight of Endeavor is the fourth and final of the year, the last mission of maintaining the Hubble space telescope has been postponed to spring 2009.
The end of Endeavor's mission is scheduled for 29 November. NASA could extend it a day.
During this third trip in space, astronauts have completed the work they had begun on the system of rotation of one of the three branches solar doubles, failed for over a year. They among other mechanism lubricated bearings to reduce friction exerted by the rotation.
Work on the antennas will continue Monday at a exit in the fourth space.
These antennas solar fueling the International Space Station (ISS) into electricity. The work of astronauts were headed to distance their colleague Shane Kimbrough, remained aboard the ISS.
Further work continues
The seven astronauts and the three occupants of the ISS have also continued Saturday to transfer the 14.5 tonnes of equipment and food from Leonardo module to the various modules of the ISS.
Engineers from NASA about them trying to solve the problems of running the Urine Processi Assembly, this machine from $ 250 million to be used to recycle urine into drinking water. The unit would produce 6.8 tons of recycled water per year.
This is one of the new elements that will allow more astronauts to live in SSI.
This mission marks a watershed in the history of the station, as its capacity will double from three to six astronauts in 2009.
The space shuttle Endeavor took off Friday evening from Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral, Florida, Sunday and docked at the station. It should remain there for 12 days.
This flight of Endeavor is the fourth and final of the year, the last mission of maintaining the Hubble space telescope has been postponed to spring 2009.
The end of Endeavor's mission is scheduled for 29 November. NASA could extend it a day.
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