Primary Spacewalk Work Completed

STS-132 spacewalkers Steve Bowen and Michael Good installed a third battery, battery C, at about 11 a.m. EDT, completing the primary work of today’s spacewalk.

The spacewalkers are nearly 4 hours and 30 minutes into today’s planned 6.5-hour excursion. Mission Control asked Bowen and Good if they are willing to proceed with the task of installing battery D, planned for Friday’s spacewalk, and they agreed. They are moving on to the fourth of six new batteries space shuttle Atlantis delivered to the International Space Station.