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Expedition 38 crew member Rick Mastracchio (L) checks out the spacesuit that he will wear during a spacewalk with crew member Mike Hopkins, in the Quest airlock in the International Space Station in this undated image taken from video from NASA TV, Dec. 20, 2013.
December 23, 2013
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CANAVERAL, FLORIDA — Astronauts aboard the International Space Station
are planning a second and final spacewalk early Tuesday to fix the
outpost's cooling system, a NASA official said.NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins are expected to leave the station's Quest airlock to install a new ammonia pump, space station flight director Judd Frieling said during an interview on NASA Television on Monday.
During an initial spacewalk on Saturday, Mastracchio and Hopkins removed a failed pump, accomplishing about half the work planned for the second spacewalk. That prompted the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to drop plans for a third spacewalk, provided that no problems occur on Tuesday.
“It's apparent now that we'll be able to get most of our critical objectives done tomorrow [Tuesday]," said Frieling.
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