NASA Space Station Status Report 3 Aug 2004

Posted on: Aug. 3rd, 2004 || Source: spaceref.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

Two International Space Station spacewalkers began rolling out the welcome mat for a new cargo vehicle this morning. Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA ISS Science Officer Mike Fincke spent 4½ hours outside the Station swapping out experiments and installing hardware associated with Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), scheduled to launch on its maiden voyage to ISS next year.

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