NASA: Space walk to assess the status of shuttle Endeavor

Two astronauts set off on a space walk to replace equipment on the ISS International Space Station, while NASA Space Agency experts rushed to consider deciding whether the crew of Endeavor needed it. must fix the hole in the insulation plate under this shuttle.

Two astronauts Dave Williams and Rick Mastracchio left the ISS protected environment to go outside to repair malfunctioning gyros.

(Photo: Nasa, abcnews) The crew of Endeavor waits for orders from Earth to know if they have to repair insulation shields. This plate was pierced when the ship was launched. Flight managers are expected to announce the decision at a press conference on August 14.

A 8.8cm long slot appeared on the heat barrier on the stomach of the shuttle Endeavor. A detached sponge from the outside fuel tank hit the shuttle as soon as it left the launch pad last week.

Engineers are trying to determine if the damage can withstand air friction when the shuttle flies into the Earth's atmosphere when it returns. They are currently conducting experiments on similarly damaged samples.

A similar incident in 2003 led to the shuttle Columbia being destroyed when it flew into the Earth's atmosphere.

Endeavor astronauts plan to make two more space walks on Wednesdays and Fridays, maybe they will have to repair the hole in the abdomen.

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