Astronauts prepare for extra spacewalk, move cargo


  • World
  • Monday, 18 Dec 2006

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts spent Sunday preparing for an extra spacewalk to free a stuck solar array on the International Space Station and unloading supplies brought up by the shuttle Discovery. 

"It may be a quiet day in terms of conversation ... but it's a busy day for transfer and preparation for (Monday's) spacewalk," NASA spokesman Kyle Herring said as crews in space worked with minimal air-to-ground chatter. 

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