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The third and final spacewalk of mission STS-131 has ended

Space Shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews continue to transfer equipment from the shuttle to the station

Rick Mastracho Third Time - Third and final walk on mission STS-131, on April 13, 2010
Rick Mastracho Third Time - Third and final walk on mission STS-131, on April 13, 2010
The third and final spacewalk of the STS-131 mission of the space shuttle Discovery at the International Space Station ended yesterday (Tuesday) morning after six hours and 24 minutes of being outside by astronauts Rick Mastricho and Clayton Anderson.
The spacewalkers were behind schedule due to an alignment problem that delayed the installation of the empty ammonia tank that was transferred from the station to the cargo deck of the shuttle Discovery. Several missions have been postponed because of this and will be carried out by the station crew or by one of the three final shuttle mission teams over the next few months.
Before returning to the station, the astronauts repositioned portable footrests and prepared the cables on the outside of the Zenith-1 module to make room for a new Ku-Band antenna that they will use to communicate with Earth, two tasks that must be completed before Space Shuttle Atlantis arrives on mission STS-132 in May.
The remaining crew members focused on transferring items of equipment from the Leonardo Multipurpose Logistics Component that arrived with the astronauts on Discovery to the space station.

Discovery's landing was scheduled for Monday, April 19, at 08:54 EST (15:54 Israel time).

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