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<\/a>Expedition 61<\/a> Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA Flight Engineer\u00a0Andrew Morgan<\/a> concluded their spacewalk at 1:35 p.m. EST. During the six-hour and 33-minute spacewalk, the two astronauts successfully cut a total of eight stainless steel tubes, including one that vented the remaining carbon dioxide from the old cooling pump. The crew members also prepared a power cable and installed a mechanical attachment device in advance of installing the new cooling system.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s work clears the way for Parmitano and Morgan\u2019s next spacewalk in the repair series Monday Dec. 2. The plan is to bypass the old thermal control system by attaching a new one off the side of AMS during the third spacewalk, and then conduct leak checks on a fourth spacewalk.<\/p>\n For more on the AMS science and spacewalks, listen to the recent podcasts:<\/p>\n Space station crew members have conducted 223 spacewalks<\/a> in support of assembly and maintenance of the orbiting laboratory. Spacewalkers have now spent a total of 58 days 9 hours and 41 minutes working outside the station. Parmitano has now conducted three spacewalks in his career and Morgan has now logged four spacewalks since his arrival on the station in July.<\/p>\n Keep up with the crew aboard the International Space Station<\/a> on the agency\u2019s blog, follow @ISS<\/a> on Instagram, and @space_station<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Expedition 61<\/a> Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA Flight Engineer\u00a0Andrew Morgan<\/a> concluded their spacewalk at 1:35 p.m. EST. During the six-hour and 33-minute spacewalk, the two astronauts successfully cut a total of eight stainless steel tubes, including one that vented the remaining carbon dioxide from the old cooling pump. The crew members also prepared a power cable and installed a mechanical attachment device in advance of installing the new cooling system.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s work clears the way for Parmitano and Morgan\u2019s next spacewalk in the repair series Monday Dec. 2. The plan is to bypass the old thermal control system by attaching a new one off the side of AMS during the third spacewalk, and then conduct leak checks on a fourth spacewalk.<\/p>\n For more on the \u2026 Continue reading \n
Astronauts Complete Intricate Tasks During Second Cosmic Repair Spacewalk<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
<\/a>Spacewalker Luca Parmitano is guided on the Canadarm2 robotic arm toward the work site on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, the space station\u2019s cosmic particle detector. <\/p>\n