Fraser
2004-Aug-03, 05:44 PM
SUMMARY: Astronaut Mike Fincke and Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka spent 4.5 hours outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, preparing for the arrival of the European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), which will start delivering cargo to the station next year. They installed two antennas and replaced six laser reflectors with four new advanced versions which the ATV will use to guide itself in to dock. They ended up back in the station with 40 minutes to spare from their original mission plan - there were no problems with the Russian-built spacesuits which shortened a previous spacewalk.
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