Astronauts check out new space station digs

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: May 30, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. With their flawless docking behind them, Discovery's astronauts went on a space walk Saturday night to spruce up the outside of the new international space station.

Tamara Jernigan and Daniel Barry floated out of the shuttle around 10 p.m. Chicago time. The seven-story-plus station loomed above them.

Among their duties during the six-hour outing: attaching a pair of 5-foot cranes to the exterior of the station, hanging out three bags of tools for future spacewalkers, installing a glare-reducing shroud over a docking target and covering an exposed pin. The space walk was ...

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