First Spacewalk of STS-130 Mission Begins

(NASA) - Mission Specialists Nicholas Patrick and Bob Behnken began the first spacewalk of the STS-130 mission at 9:17 p.m. EST. The excursion is expected to last 6.5 hours.

Patrick and Behnken will prepare Tranquility for its removal from Endeavour?s payload bay and then install avionics cabling once the new module is in place. Pilot Terry Virts and Mission Specialist Kay Hire will operate the station?s robotic arm to install Tranquility with the cupola.



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