Fri, Jun 06, 2008
Garan, Fossum Install Cameras On Kibo
Mission Specialists Mike Fossum and Ron Garan completed the
second STS-124 spacewalk Thursday. The 7-hour, 11-minute excursion
ended at 1815 EDT.
The astronauts completed a number of tasks to outfit the Kibo
Japanese Pressurized Module, or JPM. They installed television
cameras on the front and rear of the JPM to assist Kibo robotic arm
operations, removed thermal covers from the Kibo robotic arm, and
prepared an upper JPM docking port for Friday's attachment of the
Kibo logistics module.
The spacewalkers installed two cameras on the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory. NASA says these cameras
will be used to judge clearances for the module’s robotic
arm.
Garan and Fossum also prepared the laboratory’s top active
common berthing mechanism for the attachment of the smaller section
of the module, the Japanese Experiment Logistics Module --
Pressurized Section, which was delivered during STS-123.
In addition, the two spacewalkers made preparations for a
nitrogen tank assembly swap they will make on their third
spacewalk, scheduled for Sunday. They also removed an external
television camera that had a failing power supply.
Fossum also inspected the space station's port solar alpha
rotary joint, or SARJ. Unlike the starboard SARJ, the port SARJ has
performed flawlessly. The inspection was done to ensure the port
SARJ remains in good condition.
This was Fossum's fifth spacewalk, Garan's second, the 111th
spacewalk devoted to space station assembly and maintenance, the
12th of 2008, and the 196th by astronauts.
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