Mission Specialists Joe Tanner and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper wrapped up STS-115’s first spacewalk at 11:43 a.m. EDT. Their efforts centered on preparing the P3/P4 truss for operation. The new truss ...
In Episode 11 of the Building My Dream Workshop series, I tour a truss manufacturing plant to see how roof trusses are built, then begin installing them on the workshop structure. This episode ...
HOUSTON, United States (AFP) -- Two astronauts from the space shuttle Discovery stepped into the void of space, completing the first of three spacewalks designed to extend and rewire the International ...
Ultimately, eight years of planning all came down to eight hours and about 700 ft—the distance traveled by a nearly 400-ft-long, 4.3-million-lb railroad truss on four self-propelled modular ...
In this episode of My Dream Shop, I team up with my son Cole for weekend projects to advance our workshop build. We cover framing overhangs on trusses, assembling a truss set, and installing it using ...
I like the openness of a high ceiling. Is it possible to remove some roof trusses to convert part of the ceiling to a high, sloped one or ...
The contractor for the $453-million steel-superstructure portion of the widening of the Huey P. Long Bridge in New Orleans is working out the last details of an erection sequence that is faster, safer ...
Discovery astronauts completed the first major task of their mission yesterday, installing a 2-ton truss on the International Space Station’s main backbone during a six-hour spacewalk. While veteran ...