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*Station Crew Conducting Spacewalk*
Image above: Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, as seen through
Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria's helmet camera, assists with a task
during the spacewalk. Image credit: NASA TV
TO VIEW PICTURE GO TO:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
The first of three spacewalks in nine days by Commander Michael
Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Sunita Williams began today at 10:14
a.m. EST. Tasks scheduled for today's six-hour, 30-minute excursion
include reconfiguring one of two cooling loops for the Destiny module,
rearranging electrical connections and securing and covering the
starboard radiator of the P6 truss after retraction.
+ Read more about the spacewalk
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/
exp14_eva6.html>
+ Watch spacewalk live on NASA TV
<http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html>
Lopez-Alegria and Williams completed preparations for the spacewalk on
Tuesday, checking out the tools they will use during the spacewalk and
conducting a final review of procedures with specialists in Mission
Control, Houston.
The pair "camped out" in the Quest airlock overnight to minimize
preparation time this morning. The reduced air pressure in the airlock
protects against decompression sickness as spacewalkers go to the even
lower pressure in the spacesuits for the spacewalk.
On Monday, Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, assisted by
Flight Engineer Suni Williams, swore in 16 sailors aboard the USS Dwight
D. Eisenhower during a special live link-up from the space station.
Lopez-Alegria and Williams, both U.S. Naval Academy graduates, conducted
the long-distance re-enlistment ceremony as the station orbited 220
miles above the Earth.
+ Read more about this event
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/
exp14_Navy_swear_in.html>
+ Expedition 14 Mission Status Briefing Materials, Jan. 26, 2007
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/
exp14_msb_012607.html>
+ Read more about Expedition 14
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/
index.html>
+ Read more about Expedition 15
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/
index.html>
+ View crew's daily timelines
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>
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