Bowen, Drew Install Power Cable

Spacewalkers Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew completed their first task, installing an extension to the J612 power cable. Without the extension, the cable would have been inaccessible after the Permanent Multipurpose Module is installed to the International Space Station on Tuesday. The cable is connected from the Unity node to the Quest Airlock to provide a backup power capability to the Tranquility node, should it ever be needed.

Alvin Drew is the 200th human to perform a spacewalk, his first. This is Steve Bowen’s sixth spacewalk. The first STS-133 spacewalk began at 10:46 a.m. EST.

This is the 154th spacewalk supporting assembly and maintenance of the space station and the 234th excursion conducted by U.S. astronauts.