The astronauts are expected to repair the drive system of one of the solar collectors and install living systems for three more astronauts on the station
The space shuttle Endeavor took off tonight (02:55 Israel time) on its way to the International Space Station. So far it seems that the night launch (even at Cape Canaveral it is already dark, the time there was 19:55) seems successful.
The seven members of the STS-126 mission team will spend three spacewalks mainly to repair the propulsion system of one of the solar collectors that has broken down, thus preventing the collector from rotating so that it follows the sun. The astronauts will also install living rooms, toilets and an additional bathing facility to allow the station to be upgraded to permanently house six astronauts instead of three.
In addition, the station will become more independent with the installation of a special water purification facility, including the absorption of water vapor from the air and even the recycling of passengers' urine. The system purifies the water at such a high purification level that it can also be used for drinking.
The shuttle will also be carried in it Experiments by Colorado school children, to follow the fluttering of butterflies and the way spiders spin their webs in the absence of gravity.
Also taking off on the shuttle is Sandra Magnus, who will replace Gregory Chaimtoff as the flight engineer of the space station crew. More about the sale here. The shuttle will dock at the International Space Station in about 24 hours.
Tonight is full of space news - India crashed the MIP projectile spacecraft on the moon
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