Astronauts Leave The Nest As Nervous NASA Looks On
After some delay caused by a stubborn airlock not used in three
years, astronauts William McArthur, Jr. and Cosmonaut Valery
Tokarev (file photo, below) left the International Space
Station Monday to install a massive camera and discard a
non-functioning probe -- all in the first spacewalk directed by
NASA since a cooling system glitch contaminated the US airlock and
the spacesuits inside in early 2002.
The Expedition 12 crew prepared for its first spacewalk and kept
the international space station ship-shape this week as they passed
a milestone of five years of human presence aboard the
complex.
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