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Atlantis Spacewalkers Move Quickly 

 Nov 20, 2009

By Frank Morring Jr.

Astronauts Mike Foreman and Bobby Satcher moved so quickly through their assigned tasks on the first spacewalk of the STS-129 mission at the International Space Station (ISS) Nov. 19 that they were able to finish a major get-ahead job as well.

The two mission specialists from the space shuttle Atlantis completed their planned work almost two hours early, and overcame some recalcitrant hardware to finish setting up a payload platform on the main station truss as well.

Most of the work in the extravehicular activity (EVA) involved getting the space station ready for the day when shuttles will not longer be flying. The two EVA astronauts started their day outside by transferring a spare S-band antenna from the orbiter's payload bay to the Z-1 truss section, where it will wait until it is needed.

READ MORE:    AviationWeek.com

Last Updated on Monday, 23 November 2009 03:07  
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