Reboost for Station as Crew Preps for Spacewalk and New Vehicles

The International Space Station increased its orbit by 1.1 statute miles Wednesday afternoon after a docked Progress 39 cargo craft fired its thrusters. The reboost puts the complex at the correct altitude for the docking of space shuttle Discovery on Feb. 26 and the Soyuz TMA-21 on March 30.

Flight Engineers Dmitry Kondratyev and Oleg Skripochka continued preparing for next Wednesday?s spacewalk. The cosmonauts will exit the Pirs docking compartment to install communications equipment and [...]

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