ISS Commander Whitson and Flight Engineer Malenchenko are working outside the Station today. NASA reports:

Station Spacewalk Under Way

Spacewalkers at the end of Harmony
Image Above: Station spacewalkers are at the end of the Harmony module preparing to remove a cover from the Common Berthing Mechanism. Image credit: NASA

Station Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko began today’s spacewalk at 4:54 a.m. EST. The goal of the work is to ready the PMA-2 docking adapter for relocation to the newly installed Harmony module on Monday. On Wednesday, Harmony will be relocated from the Unity Node to the forward end of the Destiny laboratory.

The International Space Station’s crew enjoyed a day off duty Tuesday before starting a heavy schedule of spacewalks and robotics activities.

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