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Still, Foreman said his first spacewalk was one of the most "rewarding, exhilarating and difficult" experiences of his life.

One of the Shuttle Discovery astronauts lost a spatula while out on a spacewalk today.

Zhai appeared to struggle with the hatch and a fire alarm was triggered in the orbiter as he began the spacewalk.

And if you don't score well then you're not allowed to do stuff like go on a spacewalk?

Saturday night's spacewalk, which lasted six hours, was the last major space station job for Endeavour's crew.

NASA says it won't affect tonight's planned spacewalk and that astronauts will not have to move out of the way.

In 2005 a two-man crew went up for a five-day stay, and in September 2008, a three-man team flew a mission complete with a spacewalk.

Crew commander Zhai Zhigang is expected to conduct Saturday's spacewalk, which could last at least 40 minutes.

Because of the four-day leak delay, NASA had to shorten Discovery's flight by a day and cut out a spacewalk.

Shuttle and station crew members are busy preparing for the mission's next spacewalk, pushed back for a second time to Saturday.

These 2 astronauts, part of Discovery's crew, have started a spacewalk to help install a new component on the International Space Station.

Astronauts have struggled to complete the most critical repair to the Hubble Space Telescope in a second spacewalk.

Two astronauts are on a spacewalk to spruce up the international space station's new Japanese lab.

The timing of the spacewalk could, however, be changed, depending on how long it would take for the astronauts to adjust to all the factors.

The two have not trained for a pump module replacement but had extensive spacewalk training together.

Mission managers gave tentative approval on Sunday to plans for a complex two-spacewalk repair job late this week.

Chinese space program officials say Russian experts will help China with the spacewalk, which China plans to broadcast live on television.

On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Zhai completed the nation's first spacewalk, floating above an orbital module and waving a small Chinese flag.

If all goes well, three "taikonauts" will embark Thursday on a three-day Earth-orbit mission, which includes the country's first spacewalk.

preparations for saturday ' s spacewalk include studying procedures , building tools and re - sizing a space suit glove.

The two astronauts who don spacesuits for the Shengzhou 7 spacewalk will be supported by Russian experts throughout the mission.

If there is enough electrical power, the mission will be extended by one day and a third spacewalk will be added.

The high pressure gas assembly supports spacewalk operations and augments the Zvezda Service Module gas resupply system.

The spacewalk one of the most important, recovery is exposed to the space solid lubricating material samples.

All the five satellite-tracking ships are in position to support China's first spacewalk mission.

The two Russians will do another spacewalk on Tuesday to perform much more routine space station work.

In particular, China has been forging ahead in space exploration, putting astronauts in space and carrying out its first spacewalk.

China will continue manned space missions, and would attempt the spacewalk and docking vessels in space, Sun said.

Today marked the fifth and final spacewalk with a jumbo-sized crew.

The space agency still has not decided whether to send a crew on another spacewalk to fix it.

The U. S. space agency NASA says two astronauts have completed a 7-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

They completed a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk on Tuesday.

One crew member will perform a 40-minute spacewalk to retrieve experimental sample devices and launch a small monitoring satellite.

International news agencies noticed the significance of the first-ever spacewalk of China.

In 2008, a Chinese astronaut, fighter pilot Zhai Zhigang, performed a spacewalk - the first in his country's history.

According to Qi, the spacewalk mission is just for adaptation, rather than scientific research or aircraft maintenance.

It is less than a decade since China put a human into orbit for the first time, and three years since its first spacewalk.

For his 20 minute spacewalk, Zhai wore a Chinese-made Feitian suit, which is being highlighted as the first indigenous space suit.

Five years later, Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese to make a spacewalk.

Urgent spacewalk repairs are being discussed for this week.

How symbolic yesterday that Chinese astronauts take a spacewalk while the US Treasury Secretary is on his knees.

Five years later, China became only the third country to complete a spacewalk, paving the way for work on a space station.

NASA is cutting short the spacewalk today for Endeavour astronauts.

Two astronauts have started the spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

Astronauts on a spacewalk cannot whistle.

They'll have to explore and exploit the alien ship- and even spacewalk to escape!

This will be the fourth spacewalk of the shuttle mission.

The actual swap-out of tanks will take place during the second spacewalk, which is on Sunday.

China plans to broadcast the spacewalk on live television.

On the way home the astronaut performs a spacewalk to capture and repair a satellite.

Another astronaut, Zhai Zhigang, conducted its first spacewalk in 2008.

This is the first spacewalk for the Endeavour crew that will also install other equipment they brought from earth.

The six-hour spacewalk is the first of five planned for Discovery's mission.

The latter included a three-man crew and China's first spacewalk.

Maxim Burgerhout's very first post to spacewalk-devel list, in April, was a patch (0).

China's third manned spacecraft lifted off at 9: 10 pm on Thursday to fulfill its most ambitious and risky mission: spacewalk.

And the Chinese celebrated their nation's first spacewalk. It's an opening step for China's plan to assemble a space station.

The spacewalk is seen as a critical step in China's future plans to establish a permanent orbital station.

Expedition 22 flight engineer Oleg Kotov used a digital still camera totake this self-portrait during a January 2010 spacewalk.

The 70-hour flight will include a spacewalk undertaken by 42-year-old fighter pilot Zhai Zhigang.

The third and final spacewalk is planned for this weekend.

Zhai is expected to conduct a 40-minute spacewalk.

Japan has launched numerous satellites while China sent its first astronaut into space in 2003 and carried out its first spacewalk in 2008.

on a spacewalk last year, and has announced plans to launch a manned lunar mission and a military space station.

This will be the third Chinese manned space mission, but the first time Chinese astronauts perform a spacewalk.

Today is the third and the final planned spacewalk.

Here is animage of China'sfirst spacewalk.

The first spacewalk to the underside of the orbiter

Hubble spacewalk hits gyro glitch