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Live Media Interviews, Fourth Spacewalk Ahead for CrewSun, 23 Nov 2008 10:40
Astronauts Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steve Bowen completed their mission's third spacewalk Saturday at 7:58 p.m. EST. Still ahead for the shuttle and station crew members are live media interviews with ABC News, CBS News and NBC News scheduled for 4:05 p.m on Sunday. The fourth STS-126 spacewalk will take place Monday at 1:45 p.m. Bowen and Shane Kimbrough will work outside the station and focus on the port Solar Alpha Rotary Joint, Japan's Kibo laboratory and other maintenance tasks.
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Spacewalkers Complete Third Spacewalk
Mission specialists Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steve Bowen completed the third spacewalk of the STS-126 mission at 7:58 p.m. EST Saturday. The excursion lasted six hours and 57 minutes.
Inside the station, the rest of the shuttle and station crew members transferred supplies and equipment between the two spacecraft.
Bowen and mission specialist Shane Kimbrough are slated to perform the mission’s fourth spacewalk Monday. During the spacewalk, the astronauts will focus on the lubrication and servicing of the port solar alpha rotary joint and the replacement of the final trundle bearing assembly.




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