Full Cooling On ISS Expected Aug. 19

18. august 2010 12:39 | Space

Aviation Week

HOUSTON — Expedition 24 flight engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson finished repairs to the crippled cooling system aboard the International Space Station on Aug. 16, completing their third spacewalk devoted to the task in 10 days.


During a seven-hr. excursion, they installed a new pump module assembly and re-mated five electrical cables and four cooling lines without any signs of the leaking ammonia that interrupted the first outing.

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