Astronauts remove faulty ISS antenna during spacewalk; out of time to install spare

WASHINGTON: (Aug 19) Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot ran out of time to replace the space-to-ground antenna of the International Space Station (ISS) during a spacewalk, with the task now set for a future date.

The two astronauts managed to remove the failed antenna and stow it away in their six-hour-23-minute space walk that began at 8.29 am EDT.

This spacewalk will be the second for Menon, who traces his origins to Kerala in India, and the first for Adenot.