Spacewalkers Mike Foreman and Robert Satcher completed a 6-hour, 37-minute spacewalk at 4:01 p.m. EST. After…
Author: STS 129 Mission Updates
Spacewalkers Deploy the Outboard Payload Attach System
Mike Foreman and Robert L. Satcher Jr. deployed the outboard Payload Attach System, or PAS, on…
Spacewalkers Working with Payload Attach System
Spacewalkers Mike Foreman and Robert L. Satcher Jr. have been working to deploy the outboard Payload…
“Get Ahead” Task Added to Spacewalk
Spacewalk planners have decided to add a “get ahead” task to today’s excursion, since the crew…
Spacewalkers Ahead of Timeline
Spacewalker Mike Foreman installed a set of cables along the Destiny laboratory for the station’s future…
S-band Antenna Structural Assembly Installed
With a spare S-band antenna structural assembly (SASA) in his hands, Robert L. Satcher, Jr. rode…
Foreman and Satcher Performing First STS-129 Spacewalk
At 9:24 a.m. EST, STS-129 spacewalkers Mike Foreman and Robert L. Satcher, Jr. switched their suits…
Foreman and Satcher Prepare for First Spacewalk
Today's wake-up music was "In Wonder" by The Newsboys, played at 4:28 a.m. EST for Atlantis…
Logistics Carrier Installed on Station Backbone
At 4:27 p.m. EST, shuttle Atlantis and space station astronauts attached the Express Logistics Carrier -1…
Logistics Carrier Handed Off to Station Robotic Arm
At 3:25 p.m. EST space shuttle robotic arm operators Leland Melvin and Randy Bresnik handed off…