Astronaut John B. Herrington has completed donning his extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) space suit and is ready to begin the first of three scheduled STS-113 spacewalks to perform work on the International Space Station (ISS). In cooperation with the rest of the shuttle and station crewmembers, astronauts Herrington and Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, both mission specialists, went on to complete a smooth spacewalk to hook up connections between the Port One (P1) truss and the rest of the station.
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Astronaut John B. Herrington has completed donning his extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) space suit and is ready to begin the first of three scheduled STS-113 spacewalks to perform work on the International Space Station (ISS). In cooperation with the rest of the shuttle and station crewmembers, astronauts Herrington and Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, both mission specialists, went on to complete a smooth spacewalk to hook up connections between the Port One (P1) truss and the rest of the station.