Mission Specialists Joe Tanner and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper wrapped up STS-115’s first spacewalk at 11:43 a.m. EDT. Their efforts centered on preparing the P3/P4 truss for operation. The new truss ...
Discovery astronauts completed the first major task of their mission yesterday, installing a 2-ton truss on the International Space Station’s main backbone during a six-hour spacewalk. While veteran ...
STS-118’s first spacewalk continues to run smoothly and ahead of schedule. The crew quickly went to work after starting the excursion at 12:28 p.m. EDT. With spacewalkers Rick Mastracchio and Dave ...
Ultimately, eight years of planning all came down to eight hours and about 700 ft—the distance traveled by a nearly 400-ft-long, 4.3-million-lb railroad truss on four self-propelled modular ...
The MSG Sphere at The Venetian will begin looking more sphere-shaped in the months ahead with the installation of 32 massive roof trusses. The first of the 200-foot trusses, weighing more than 100 ...