NASA Says Saturday Spacewalk Successfully Completed
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Stocktrek Images/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A pair of astronauts successfully completed a spacewalk on Saturday, installing 340 feet of cable in preparation for the eventual docking of commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station.
Saturday’s work was the 185th spacewalk on the space station. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Terry Virts took the first steps towards converting a docking port for the next generation of spacecraft. That work will take three spacewalks, NASA says.
Wilmore = EV1, suit w/ red stripes, helmet camera #18. @AstroTerry = EV2, suit without stripes, camera #20. #Exp42 pic.twitter.com/cqRejBayBV
— NASA (@NASA) February 21, 2015
OH on space-to-ground comm, Butch Wilmore to @AstroTerry: you're my favorite spacewalker!
http://t.co/KX5g7yYnYG pic.twitter.com/WlyWZPM60m
— NASA (@NASA) February 21, 2015
Success! All tasks + 1 get ahead completed in today's spacewalk (1 of 3) for @Commercial_Crew: http://t.co/7z8fjPk0xZ pic.twitter.com/LWUKlo6i2l
— NASA (@NASA) February 21, 2015
.@AstroSamantha ready to welcome #ISS "cable guys" @AstroTerry & #AstroButch back in the airlock. pic.twitter.com/suiiRpR9DD
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) February 21, 2015
The next spacewalk is scheduled for Wednesday morning at about 7:10 ET.
Saturday’s work took about six hours.
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