Spacewalkers were Douglas Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson. The astronauts are removing a failed cooling pump unit. During this EVA, they manage to disconnect the electrical and fluid connectors, but did not complete all the planned tasks. The EVA was performed on August 7, 2010, and lasted for 8 hours and 3 minutes.
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The Arianespace Flight 196 orbited the NILESAT 201 direct broadcast satellite and the RASCOM-QAF1R communications satellite. Both satellites are built by Thales Alenia Space. This was the third launch of an Ariane 5 launch vehicle in 2010. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on August 4, 2010, at 20:59 UT.
The webcast includes the first presentation of the images received from Rosetta. The images were presented to the media at ESA/ESOC. All images received so far from OSIRIS team are now available on the ESA website.
On July 10, 2010, the European comet chaser Rosetta performs the fly-by of the comet 21 Lutetia. This is the second cometary fly-by performed by the spacecraft. Rosetta’s mission began on March 2, 2004. The spacecraft has a very complicated trajectory to reach the final target, the comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta already performed four planetary gravity assists: three with Earth (2004, 2007, 2009) and one with Mars (2007).
The Progress 38 cargo spacecraft docked to the International Space Station on July 4, 2010. This was the second docking attempt, as the resupply ship failed to dock with the station as planned on July 2.
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The Progress 38 cargo carrier launched on June 30, 2010. The cargo is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station on Friday, July 2, 2010.
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