Space Station Crew Readies For Repair Mission

STATION NEWS

Washington (AFP) Jun 23, 2004
A Russian and an American will step out of the International Space Station Thursday for a six-hour space walk to repair a defective gyroscope controlling the station's orientation, NASA officials said Tuesday. "The 24th was technically the best date to do the (space walk)," said Mike Suffredini, a space station manager at NASA's Johnson Space Center near Houston, Texas.

US astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, who arrived at the space station April 21, will repair one of four gyroscopes controlling the station's orientation as it orbits Earth.

The crew will replace a circuit breaker that failed and cut power from the gyroscope, NASA says on its website. A second gyroscope is also broken, but the station can work on the two remaining ones, it said.

The space walk will last from 2150 GMT to 0350 GMT, said John Curry, director of ISS Extravehicular Activity.

"The crew will be (Wednesday) starting to do some of the deconfiguration activities to get prepared," Curry said.

The space walk was originally scheduled for June 16, but it was delayed to avoid possible communication problems resulting from the launch of a satellite from Russia.

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STATION NEWS

Station Crew Looking Forward To Getting Out And About

Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 11, 2004
The International Space Station (ISS) crew is spending its seventh week onboard the orbiting laboratory continuing to prepare for a spacewalk. ISS managers decided today to reschedule the planning date for the spacewalk from June 15 to June 24. Formal management approval is expected next week.

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