Thursday, August 03, 2006

Astronauts Get a Look at Tropical Storm Chris


An Expedition 13 crew member works outside the International Space Station during the second spacewalk of the mission.
Image source: NASA

An AP newswire article by Seth Boerenstein, via ABC News, reports that:

Two spacewalking astronauts did so well at their international space station repairs that they finished up 90 minutes early and got extra jobs from NASA's massive orbital honey-do list.

German astronaut Thomas Reiter even had a moment to marvel at the weakening Tropical Storm Chris below.

"Incredible. It's not as bad out there," he said, noting the same changes as meteorologists on the ground.

The primary chore of Reiter and his American partner Jeff Williams during their six-hour adventure was to repair a new cooling system so it could be put into operation by December.

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