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Second ISS astronaut spacewalk on live NASA TV

Science - Space

NASA news reports that International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 14 commander Michael Michael López-Alegría and flight engineer Suni Williams began the second of three spacewalks at 8:38 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, February 4, 2007.

According to ISS program manager Mike Suffredini, “The three spacewalks, from the Quest airlock in U.S. spacesuits, and a Russian spacewalk scheduled for Feb. 22 will be the most ever done by station crew members during an increment.”

For live video of the six-plus hour spacewalk, go to NASA Television (to “launch NASA TV viewer”) at: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

For the companion ITwire article on this spacewalk, go to: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9148/1066/.

More information about the second spacewalk is found at the NASA Web site: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html.