Monday, November 27, 2006
NASA astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper became the first MIT alumna to walk in the space during this successful STS-115 space shuttle mission, Sept. 9 through Sept. 21.
Stefanyshyn-Piper spent more than 13 hours on two the extravehicular activities (EVAs) outside of space shuttle Atlantis as it was docked with the International Space Station. She was actually responsible for assembling a major truss segment that includes a new set of photovoltaic solar arrays, which provide power to the space station.
Stefanyshyn-Piper is the fifth woman astronaut to walk in space in support of the space station assembly effort.
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