Spaceflight Now: Space Station/STS-98

Curbeam gets ammonia brush down
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: February 10, 2001

 
Ammonia brush off
Spacewalker Robert Curbeam gets a precautionary brush down from Tom Jones after he was exposed to leaking ammonia during the spacewalk to attach Destiny to the station. The brush was used to remove any ammonia crystals that might have stuck to his suit. Photo: Spaceflight Now/NASA TV

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Status Summary
The Progress M-44 resupply ship docked with the station automatically at 0950 GMT (4:50 a.m. EST) on Wednesday.

The Alpha crew moved their Soyuz capsule from the aft of Zvezda to the Zarya module's Earth-facing port on Saturday.


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