Astronauts Prepare for Next Spacewalk
Department:
The Space Shuttle
Teaser:
"Two spacewalking astronauts will wrap up maintenance tasks outside the International Space Station."
Source:
SPACE.com Download time: Mar 2 2011 7:24 AM ET
Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station today (March 2) on the last spacewalk of their mission, this time to perform some leftover maintenance work.
Discovery shuttle astronauts Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew are slated to don their bulky NASA-issue spacesuits and float outside of the station's Quest airlock at 10:18 a.m. EST (1518 GMT). It's the second and final spacewalk of the mission – Discovery's last spaceflight before being retired.
To distinguish themselves for NASA cameras, Bowen will wear a spacesuit with red stripes while Drew will wear a solid white spacesuit. The excursion is expected to last approximately 6 1/2 hours.…
See SPACE.com for links to further info.
Also see Florida Today.
See this Space.com story for late information about the spacewalk.
