By NASA \/\/ May 8, 2017 <\/p>\n
ABOVE VIDEO:This footage was taken by ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during a spacewalk on the International Space Station on Friday, March 24. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
(NASA) This footage was taken by ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during a spacewalk on the International Space Station on Friday, March 24. <\/p>\n
He was joined on the spacewalk by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough. <\/p>\n
The primary task was to prepare the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) for installation of the second International Docking Adapter, which will accommodate commercial crew vehicle dockings. <\/p>\n
The PMA-3 provides the pressurized interface between the station modules and the docking adapter. <\/p>\n
The pair disconnected cables and electrical connections on PMA-3 to prepare for its robotic move, which took place on Sunday, March 26. PMA-3 was be moved from the port side of the Tranquility module to the space-facing side of the Harmony module, where it will become home for the docking adapter, which will be delivered on a future flight of a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft. <\/p>\n
The spacewalkers also installed on the starboard zero truss a new computer relay box equipped with advanced software for the adapter. <\/p>\n
The two spacewalkers lubricated the latching end effector on the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator extension for the Canadarm2 robotic arm, inspected a radiator valve suspected of a small ammonia leak and replaced cameras on the Japanese segment of the outpost. <\/p>\n
Radiators are used to shed excess heat that builds up through normal space station operation. <\/p>\n
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