Hoshide ended the out-of-space walk
The US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) on August 31 said Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide working on the International Space Station (ISS) ended his first outing walk.
The US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) on August 31 said Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide working on the International Space Station (ISS) ended his first outing walk. The trip lasts up to 8 hours, ending in the early morning of August 31st (Japanese time).
Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide
According to NASA, Hoshide astronaut and American companion Sunita Williams are responsible for replacing a broken electrical device on the ISS.
However, the maintenance plan could not be completed because they had difficulty installing a replacement device, and thus would have to wait for the next trip.
Besides maintenance tasks, two astronauts Hoshide and Williams succeeded in connecting a power cable, preparing for the assembly of a Russian test module at the end of 2013.
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