The spacewalk moved Whitson, a veteran of 10 previous outings, to third on the list of the world’s most experienced spacewalkers, behind Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyev and Nasa’s Mike Lopez-Alegria. Photo: BloombergCape Canaveral, Florida: Two US astronauts completed a hastily planned spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday to replace a computer that failed on Saturday, Nasa said. Station commander Peggy Whitson assembled a new computer from spare parts aboard the station and installed it during a 2.5-hour spacewalk as the orbiting outpost sailed 250 miles (400 km) over Earth. The failed computer was installed on 30 March during a spacewalk by Whitson and former station flight engineer Shane Kimbrough. “No insight into what the problem is yet,” Nasa spokesman Dan Huot wrote in an email.

Source: Mint May 23, 2017 15:10 UTC