Spacewalk Preparations, Science for Station Crew

Aboard their orbiting home, the members of the International Space Station?s Expedition 24 crew made preparations for an upcoming spacewalk and conducted a variety of science experiments Thursday.

Flight Engineers Mikhail Kornienko and Fyodor Yurchikhin replaced batteries and environmental systems components in their Russian Orlan spacesuits and inspected the Pirs Docking Compartment airlock in preparation for a six-hour spacewalk. The excursion ? Yurchikhin's third and the first for Kor [...]

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