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After Facing Down Ammonia Leak, This Astronaut Will Help Crew During Spacewalks
NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, who was commander of Expedition 25. This 2010 picture of him also shows the Sabatier system that extracts drinkable water from the International Space Station’s atmosphere. Credit: NASA
When you learned to drive a car for the first time, remember how comforting it was to have an experienced driver beside you, able to anticipate the hazards and keep you on schedule?
That’s surely how the Expedition 38 crew feels about one of the voices “on the line” as two astronauts prepare to venture outside to replace a crippled ammonia pump. One of the “CapComs” or people communicating with the crew on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday will be astronaut Doug Wheelock — who just happens to be known for co-replacing a broken ammonia tank himself in 2010. (The other CapCom is Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide, who will chat through robotic procedures with Koichi Wakata).
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Post tags: aki hoshide, ammonia, cooling problem, Doug Wheelock, expedition 24, expedition 38, koichi wakata, mike hopkins, Rick Mastracchio, Tracy Caldwell Dyson
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