Rensselaer Alumnus Completes Spacewalk on Christmas Eve

What exciting things did you do over the holidays? Rensselaer alumnus, Rick Mastracchio (’87 M.S. Mechanical Engineering – Hartford Campus), completed a second spacewalk to install a spare ammonia pump module on the International Space Station. According to NASA, “The Christmas Eve spacewalk lasted seven hours and 30 minutes.” Mastracchio is a flight engineer aboard the ISS for Expedition 38. http://www.nasa.gov/content/spacewalkers-complete-installation-of-ammonia-pump-module/#.UsbpUPvYHgk