The STS-101 crew readied the International Space Station for the arrival of the Zvezda Service Module. Four new batteries, 10 new smoke detectors and four new cooling fans were installed in the Zarya Control Module. Handrails were installed on the Unity Node for future spacewalks.
Astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, mission specialist, hangs onto one of the newly-installed handrails on the International Space Station’s pressurized mating adapter (PMA-2) during a 6-hour, 44-minute space walk. The STS-101 crew readied the International Space Station for the arrival of the Zvezda Service Module. Four new batteries, 10 new smoke detectors and four new cooling fans were installed in the Zarya Control Module. Handrails were installed on the Unity Node for future spacewalks.+ Previous Mission — 2A.1 | + Next Mission — 1R+ ISS Assembly home