First Spacewalk Successful for Drew, Bowen

The first EVA of STS-133 was completed on Flight Day 5 by astronauts Steve Bowen and Al Drew. The two installed equipment on numerous positions outside the International Space Station, including a power extension cable between the Unity and Tranquility nodes to provide a contingency power source. NASA selected Bowen to replace mission specialist Tim Kopra, who was injured in a bicycle accident. Bowen will perform two spacewalks on this mission. He is the first U.S. astronaut to fly on back-to-back missions; he was a mission specialist on STS-132, which flew in May 2010.

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[cloudsat7326]

wow imma miss the shuttles :(

[Amiduffer]

Is there ever any danger of a spacewalker suffering from vertigo?

[s200077]

Only 15k hits?? THERE REPAIRING A VEHICLE IN SPACE!! HOW ****ING COOL IS THAT!?!

[geomodelrailroader]

Astro_Tim has to call the shots from the ground instead of from inside the station because a week before launch when they were fixing the helium burst disk he flipped his bike and had to have knee surgery so now he is the EVA Capcom and Steve Bowan is EV1 instead of Steve being the Capcom.

[Qingston]

right corner on 11:45 is that a falling star?

[JackRaidGames]

@sovopstar It depends on the size, sharpness and speed of the debris. Say if it were the size of a large pebble, was sharp, and was travelling at a considerable speed and it directly hit the astronaut it's most likely that the suit would tear, and the astronaut would be dead within minutes if there were no help for him. If the rock hit him in his faceplate and spashed it, not only would he begin to suffocate but the rays of the sun might burn him. Thankfully, there have been no such incidents.

[ThePrayingAlien]

I guess they ARE popping up like potatoes hehe !

[TheBarbie1969]

so exciting

[grywacz]

@sovopstar You can't see stars... because it's day and they are too faint in comparison to other objects?

[cmsahe]

Do Russians do spacewalks too? I like their Salyut era spacesuits.

[nshungnbung]

wow. I don't see any trolls commenters here. What a nice place! Love to read those comments where people are explaining the things that others don't understand. <3