Expedition
Three Spacewalks
The Expedition
Three crew performed four spacewalks to continue the on-orbit
construction and maintenance on the International Space Station.
The first three spacewalks focussed on outfitting the Russian
Docking Compartment, which is named Pirs. The fourth spacewalk
focused on the removal of an obstruction that was blocking the
hard docking of the Progress 6 cargo ship to the station. All
four space walks were conducted from Pirs. Expedition Three's
excursions brought the total number of station-based spacewalks
to six and the number of spacewalks in support of station assembly
and maintenance to 30.
Learn
more about the space walks required to build the International
Space Station.
EVA
Cosmonauts and Astronauts and Suit ID> Vladimir Dezhurov: red stripes
Mikhail Tyurin: blue stripes
Frank Culbertson: blue stripes
Spacewalk
1
Vladimir Dezhurov, Mikhail Tyurin
Time: 4 hours, 58 minutes
Start time: 9:23 a.m. CDT (1423 GMT) Oct. 8, 2001
End time: 2:21 p.m. CDT (1921 GMT) Oct. 8, 2001
Dezhurov
and Tyurin made connections between Pirs and the station's Zvezda
Service Module. The spacewalkers installed a cable that will allow
space walk radio communications between the two station sections.
They also installed handrails on the new compartment. Then, they
installed an exterior ladder that will be used to help spacewalkers
leave Pirs' hatch. Tyurin and Dezhurov installed a Strela cargo
crane onto the station.
Spacewalk 2
Vladimir Dezhurov, Mikhail Tyurin
Time: 5 hours, 52 minutes
Start time: 4:17 a.m. CDT (0917 GMT) Oct. 15, 2001
End time: 10:09 a.m. CDT (1509 GMT) Oct. 15, 2001
Dezhurov
and Tyurin installed Russian commercial experiments on the exterior
of Pirs. Among the experiments is a set of investigations of how
various materials react to the space environment over a long time.
Called MPAC-SEEDS, the investigation is housed in three briefcase-sized
containers.
Spacewalk 3
Vladimir Dezhurov, Frank Culbertson
Time: 5 hours, 4 minutes
Start time: 3:41 p.m. CST (2141 GMT) Nov. 12, 2001
End time: 8:45 p.m. CST Nov. 12, 2001 (0245 GMT Nov. 13)
Dezhurov
and Culbertson connected cables on the exterior of Pirs for the
Kurs automated docking system. They completed checks of the Strela
cargo crane, using one space walker at the end of the crane's
boom to simulate a cargo. They also inspected and photographed
a small panel of one solar array on the Zvezda Service Module
that has one portion of a panel not fully unfolded.
Spacewalk 4
Vladimir Dezhurov, Mikhail Tyurin
Time: 2 hours, 46 minutes
Start time: 7:20 a.m. CST (1320 GMT) Dec. 3, 2001
End time: 10:06 a.m. CST (1606 GMT) Dec. 3, 2001
Dezhurov
and Tyurin removed an obstruction that prevented a Progress resupply
ship from firmly docking with the International Space Station.
They also took pictures of the debris, which was a rubberized
seal from the previous cargo ship, and of the docking interface. |