HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two NASA astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station on Monday to prepare the orbital outpost for life after the United States retires its fleet of three spaceships.
Astronauts Stephen Bowen and Alvin Drew, who arrived at the space station on Saturday aboard the shuttle Discovery, opened the station's airlock at 9:46 CST (1546 GMT) to begin a 6-1/2-hour spacewalk.
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