NASA extended the mission of Endeavor

On August 12, the NASA Aerospace Agency (NASA) decided to extend the shuttle mission Endeavor to 14 days from the original 11 days.

According to NASA officials, they made the decision after the new transmission system from the International Space Station (ISS) to the shuttle worked well on the first test. NASA said the ship could receive more solar energy to stay in orbit longer.

Puncture on the abdomen of Endeavor (Photo: TTO)

With this decision, Endeavor will leave ISS on August 20 (instead of August 17) and return to Earth on August 22. Endeavor astronauts will also have an extra space walk to continue the ISS construction.

Yesterday 12-8, the astronauts made the first space walk and successfully assembled a new compartment for ISS. They also completed the ship's insulation test with the help of a robot arm nearly 30 meters long. The data collected during this test was transferred to NASA's Space Flight Monitoring Center (located in Houston, Texas) for analysis.

This test was performed after NASA discovered a disturbing hole in the abdomen of Endeavor. According to experts, this hole may be due to an insulating sponge covered with ice falling from the fuel tank.

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