Mission Specialists Joe Tanner and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper wrapped up STS-115’s first spacewalk at 11:43 a.m. EDT. Their efforts centered on preparing the P3/P4 truss for operation. The new truss ...
Discovery astronauts completed the first major task of their mission yesterday, installing a 2-ton truss on the International Space Station’s main backbone during a six-hour spacewalk. While veteran ...
The contractor for the $453-million steel-superstructure portion of the widening of the Huey P. Long Bridge in New Orleans is working out the last details of an erection sequence that is faster, safer ...
Ultimately, eight years of planning all came down to eight hours and about 700 ft—the distance traveled by a nearly 400-ft-long, 4.3-million-lb railroad truss on four self-propelled modular ...
In Episode 13 of the Dream Shop Build Series, we install a heavy-duty girder truss designed to support the roof and second-story mezzanine. This video also covers framing the final wall in preparation ...
Spacewalkers Robert Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang began the first of three planned spacewalks for their STS-116 mission to the International Space Station Tuesday afternoon. The two astronauts ...