The mission lasted five hours and 32 minutes, and work was carried out outside the Kivu Space Laboratory
The pair of spacewalkers Dave Wolff and Tim Kopera prepared the storage mechanisms on the Japanese space laboratory Kibo on the International Space Station in preparation for the installation of a facility for experiments exposed to the conditions of space.
The two removed the insulation and disconnected electrical cables from the transport and storage system on the outside of the station and released the brake levers in the auxiliary car. They successfully installed a cargo storage system on the left side of the station facing Earth.
The astronauts suffered from delays in their work and therefore postponed in the meantime the installation of a cargo attachment system on the right side of the station.
It was the 126th spacewalk to support the assembly and maintenance of the International Space Station. The total spacewalks reach 785 hours and 38 minutes. It was also the 214th spacewalk performed by Americans.
This was Dave's fifth spacewalk, having performed one spacewalk during his stay on the Mir space station, and three spacewalks as part of the STS-112 mission. This was Kupera's first spacewalk.
