YOUR WORLD SCIENCE NEWS DECEMBER 2013 DAY 22 Space
Real space walking...
Two Astronauts aboard the International Space station finished their space walk to repair a broken piece of equipment on Saturday, December 21, 2013. The walk and repair time took 5 hours and 28 minutes, but ended successfully in repairs. Although the difficulty level was high Astronauts Mike Hopkins and Rich Mastracchio were in total attention and in continued communication with NASA to make the repair beneficial. It's the first time for Hopkins, but Mastracchio has experience in doing at least 6 other repairs in space and having a record breaking of spending 16 hours in open space walks. NASA officials were somewhat concerned of their safety coached them diligently during their mission. The two replaced a degraded ammonia pump module. Although the main purpose of the replacement is not as another walk to tighten down the part is scheduled on Christmas Day.
Praise The Lord and I wish them a very Merry Christmas in Space. I wonder if have seen sign of Santa's Sleigh with all that magical glowing Christmas sparkle that makes him go fast!?
