SPACEWALK UNDERWAY

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468

*Spacewalk Underway*

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Image above: Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria exiting the
Pirs docking compartment (at right) at the beginning of the spacewalk on
Feb. 22. Image credit: NASA TV

Coming and going, or at least getting ready to go, haven't been easy for
the ISS Progress 23 unpiloted cargo carrier docked at the aft port of
the International Space Station's Zvezda service module.

Station Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and Commander Michael
Lopez-Alegria opened the airlock of the Pirs docking compartment at 5:27
a.m. EST on a spacewalk aimed at retracting the balky antenna of the
Progress. The antenna did not fully retract before the spacecraft docked
Oct. 26. They are also checking navigation systems in preparation for
the summer docking of a European cargo craft known as the Automated
Transfer Vehicle.

Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin are conducting their increment’s fifth
spacewalk – a record for station crews.

+ Read more about the Feb. 22 spacewalk
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_eva17.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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