Expedition 10 Rests Following Spacewalk

Expedition 10 Rests Following Spacewalk

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov
enjoyed a day off Thursday aboard the International Space Station. The
well-deserved break comes the day after the successful completion of
Expedition 10's first spacewalk.

Wednesday's spacewalk lasted 5 hours and 28 minutes. While outside the
Station, Chiao and Sharipov installed the Universal Work Platform, along
with its base and associated wiring. They also installed a commercial
robotics experiment and a biological experiment on the exterior of the
Zvezda Service Module. In addition, they checked vents on systems that help
control the Station's atmosphere and relocated a Japanese physical science
experiment.

It was the 57th spacewalk conducted at the Station and the 32nd to be based
out of the orbital outpost. Expedition 10 is scheduled to conduct its second
spacewalk in March.

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Jacques :-)

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