Expedition 18 and STS-126 crew members take a break to participate in interviews with reporters from ABC News, CBS News and NBC News
More cargo transfers between space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station, as well as preparations for the fourth STS-126 spacewalk, occupied the shuttle and station crews Sunday.
The spacewalk is scheduled to kick off at 1:45 p.m. EST Monday and is slated to last 6.5 hours. Mission specialists Steve Bowen and Shane Kimbrough will work outside of the station on preventive maintenance on the port solar alpha rotary joint. Other tasks they will perform include installation of a video camera on the P1 truss and work on the Kibo laboratory.
In preparation for their spacewalk, Bowen and Kimbrough are spending Sunday night in the station’s Quest Airlock. The purpose of this “camp out” is to purge the nitrogen from their bodies before their planned exit from the station.
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Space Shuttle Program managers advanced the target launch date for Endeavour's STS-126 mission by two days to Nov. 14 at 7:55 p.m. EST.Endeavour will carry new equipment to the International Space Station that will allow the orbiting laboratory to double its current resident crew from three to six. One Endeavour crew member, Sandra Magnus, will remain on the station for a long-duration mission when Endeavour returns.
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