[sarex] ISS crew completes sucessful spacewalk

[Arthur Rowe]

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468


  	*Station Crew Completes Successful Spacewalk*

  Image above: Flight Engineer Sunita Williams (left) and Commander 
Michael Lopez-Alegria work with the Early Ammonia Servicer on the P6 
Truss. Image credit: NASA TV

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The first of three spacewalks in nine days by Commander Michael 
Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Sunita Williams wrapped up Wednesday 
at 6:09 p.m. EST. During the 7-hour 55-minute excursion, the 
spacewalkers reconfigured one of two cooling loops for the Destiny 
module, rearranged electrical connections and secured the starboard 
radiator of the P6 truss after retraction.

+ Read more about Wednesday's spacewalk 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_eva6.html> 


Two other spacewalks from Quest will follow. Lopez-Alegria and Williams 
are scheduled to make the second spacewalk on Feb. 4 and the third for 
Feb. 8.

+ Read more about the upcoming spacewalks 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_evas.html> 


On Monday, Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, assisted by 
Flight Engineer Suni Williams, swore in 16 sailors aboard the USS Dwight 
D. Eisenhower during a special live link-up from the space station. 
Lopez-Alegria and Williams, both U.S. Naval Academy graduates, conducted 
the long-distance re-enlistment ceremony as the station orbited 220 
miles above the Earth.

+ Read more about this event 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_Navy_swear_in.html> 


+ Expedition 14 Mission Status Briefing Materials, Jan. 26, 2007 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_msb_012607.html>
+ Read more about Expedition 14 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/index.html>
+ Read more about Expedition 15 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.html>
+ View crew's daily timelines 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>