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Second U.S. Expedition 14 Spacewalk Begins
February 4, 2007
Image above: Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, uses a pistol grip tool as she participates in the first of three spacewalks in nine days on the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA
Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams began their spacewalk today at 8:38 a.m. EST. This is the second of an unprecedented series of spacewalks. Some of the tasks planned for this excursion are similar to those of the first spacewalk on Wednesday. They will reconfigure the second of two cooling loops for the Destiny module, secure the aft radiator of the P6 truss after retraction and prepare the obsolete Early Ammonia Servicer for removal this summer.
At the conclusion of the third spacewalk from the Quest airlock on Feb. 8 and a Russian spacewalk planned for Feb. 22, Lopez-Alegria will have completed his 10th spacewalk, an astronaut record. Williams will have a total of four, the most ever by a woman
Second U.S. Expedition 14 Spacewalk Begins