Photo Ed: Astronauts finish longest spacewalk outside station
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Two shuttle Endeavour astronauts finished the longest of their planned spacewalks outside the orbiting International Space Station on Saturday, a nearly seven-hour effort aimed at cleaning and repairing a contaminated joint on the station's solar power array.
Astronaut Shane Kimbrough waves to fellow spacewalker and photographer Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper in this photo taken November 20, 2008 and released by NASA on November 21, 2008, as construction and maintenance continued on the International Space Station. (REUTERS/NASA)
In this image provided by NASA astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (left) and Shane Kimbrough participate in the mission's second scheduled session of extravehicular activity Thursday Nov. 20, 2008 as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA)
In this image provided by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough (anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint) participates in the mission's second scheduled session of extravehicular activity Thursday Nov. 20, 2008 as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA)
Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (top) and Steve Bowen work during the mission's third spacewalk cleaning and lubricating the International Space Station's starboard Solar Alpha Rotary Joint and replacing trundle bearing assemblies in this view from NASA TV, November 22, 2008. Inside the station, the crew continues to transfer equipment between the two spacecraft as ground experts troubleshoot an issue with the station's new Urine Processor Assembly (UPA), part of the system designed to process urine, perspiration and hygiene water into drinkable water. (REUTERS/NASA TV)
In this image from NASA TV, space walking astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, top, and Steven Bowen work on a solar wing-rotating joint during a space walk on the International Space Station, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/NASA TV)
This image provided by NASA shows members of the International Space Station and space shuttle Endeavour crews posing for a group portrait on the orbital outpost, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Astronaut Donald Pettit appears at photo center. Just below Pettit is astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshin-Piper. Clockwise from her position are astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Steve Bowen, Eric Boe, Chris Ferguson and Michael Fincke, along with cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, and astronauts Sandra Magnus and Gregory Chamitoff. (AP Photo/NASA)