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Shuttle Astronauts Make Repairs to ISS in Final Spacewalk
by Rob Walker | July 27, 2009 at 07:18 am
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Astronauts from the shuttle Endeavour began their fifth and final spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Monday.
American astronauts Tom Marshburn and Chrisopher Cassidy left the ISS at 7:33am EST and began a number of maintenance tasks, including folding up insulation that popped up from the Dextre manipulator. The manipulator is an extension of the ISS's Canadarm 2, which was designed and built in Canada.
They will also rearrange some power hookups, install video cameras and add more external storage capability. The spacewalk will last 6 and a half hours.
American astronauts Tom Marshburn and Christopher Cassidy got an early start to their job, switching their suits to battery power at 7:33 a.m. ET and climbing out of the station.
The exercise is the fifth spacewalk of Endeavour's mission. Monday's work schedule for astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn includes fixing insulation on a robot arm and installing television cameras.
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