Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur prepares the Capillary Flow Experiment for video documentation. Image credit: NASA

Expedition 12 prepares for second spacewalk

Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur KC5ACR and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev continue to have their sleep cycle shifted five hours to prepare the crew for next week’s spacewalk.

The crew is also focusing on pulling together and “staging” all the tools and equipment required for the upcoming spacewalk.

Mission managers decided to push back the spacewalk one day to Feb. 3, allowing the crew extra preparation time.

The spacewalkers will deploy an old Russian spacesuit that will act as an amateur radio transmitter. They will also move a cargo boom adapter from one module to another, perform maintenance and retrieve experiments.

Commander Pavel Vinogradov RV3BS and Flight Engineer Jeffrey Williams KD5TVQ have been named to Expedition 13, the next crew to live and work aboard the International Space Station.

See also:
International Space Station ARISS SuitSat project status

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