Cosmonauts to Spacewalk
Department:
The International Space Station
Teaser:
"Two Russian cosmonauts are planning to float outside the International Space Station Monday to change out a broken camera and hook up a new room."
Source:
SPACE.com Download time: Jul 26 2010 8:53 AM ET
Two Russian cosmonauts will float outside the International Space Station late Monday to change out a broken camera and wire up a new room so spaceships can park there on autopilot.
The spaceflyers – flight engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin and Mikhail Kornienko of the station's Expedition 24 mission – will be outside for about six hours. They plan to begin the excursion at 11:45 p.m. EDT (0345 GMT Tuesday).
While the Russian-led spacewalk is taking place, the cosmonauts' four crewmates – three Americans and one Russian – will work on science and maintenance activities inside the International Space Station.…
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