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.
