NASA PhotoNews: Alvin Drew Works on the International Space Station

NASA PhotoNews: Alvin Drew Works on the International Space Station
NASA PhotoNews: Alvin Drew Works on the International Space Station

Image Credit & Copyright: NASA

Explanation: NASA astronaut Alvin Drew participated in the STS-133 mission's first spacewalk as construction and maintenance continued on the International Space Station in 2011. During the six-hour, 34-minute spacewalk, Drew and fellow astronaut Steve Bowen (out of frame) installed the J612 power extension cable, move a failed ammonia pump module to the External Stowage Platform 2 on the Quest Airlock for return to Earth at a later date, installed a camera wedge on the right hand truss segment, installed extensions to the mobile transporter rail and exposed the Japanese "Message in a Bottle" experiment to space.  

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19.03.19

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