The truncated spacewalk was the second in 8 days
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| The truncated spacewalk was the second in 8 days |
"The group down within Mission Control is taking the cautious path and ending the spacewalk early," Huot said.
The cause with the water leak wasn't immediately known. The astronauts guessed the leak will need to have result from Parmitano's drinking-water bag.
Parmitano, an ancient test pilot, became Italy's first spacewalker yesterday. He arrive at space station 1 months ago. Cassidy, an ancient Navy SEAL, is a longtime spacewalker. He's experienced board since March.
Cassidy and Parmitano ventured outside of the station July 9 and performed myriad maintenance tasks. Additionally, they retrieved two science research experiments.
The astronauts had planned various maintenance and assembly-related tasks Tuesday. Among them: laying electricity and Ethernet cabling relating to the U.S. and Russian sides from the outpost.
The cabling ultimately will be extended to a Russian multipurpose module which will be launched late this coming year from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Nauka, or "Science," module will triple as a laboratory, a docking compartment with an airlock. It's going to switch the Russian Pirs, or "pier" module, that has been launched to the station in August 2001.
The spacewalkers also aimed to setup jumper cables that will enable electricity being rerouted, with the flip of the switch in the station, in the event of turbine or air conditioning failures. And so they decided to perform these:
.Replace a relevant video camera on the Japanese Kibo research facility.
. Relocate wireless television camera equipment.
.Create equipment that could be used in the case a 40-foot radiator failed and would have to be removed and replaced.
The spacewalk was the 171st being performed within the assembly and upkeep of the station, the building of which began at the end of 1998.
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