Space shuttle Endeavour crew members completed their mission's first spacewalk Friday, though it was cut slightly short after a sensor in one of the astronaut's spacesuits malfunctioned.Astronauts Drew Feustel and Greg Chamitoff worked outside the International Space Station this morning for six hours and 19 minutes, completing their tasks at 9:29am Eastern time.
The duo successfully installed antennas for the External Wireless Communication system, routed cables, set up the antenna, installed handrails, and connected power cables. While working, however, a carbon dioxide sensor in Chamitoff's spacesuit failed. There was no evidence that he was in any danger, but without the sensor, officials had no way of monitoring his carbon dioxide levels. As a result, today's spacewalk concluded about 10 minutes before schedule, so they pushed plans to remove a micrometeoroid debris shield to a later spacewalk.
This was the first of four spacewalks for Endeavour's STS-134 mission and the 245th spacewalk conducted by U.S. astronauts, NASA said. It was Feustel's fourth spacewalk, but Chamitoff's first. Read More
