US astronaut breaks spacewalk record

Moscow/Washington - US astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria set a US record Thursday for completing the most spacewalks, as he joined Russian colleague Mikhail Tyurin to retract an antenna on a cargo spacecraft as part of a Russian-led spacewalk. Lopez-Alegria became the first US astronaut to complete 10 spacewalks, breaking a record previously held by Jerry Ross. The astronauts completed the six-hour, 18-minute-long walk outside the International Space Station (ISS) at 1645 GMT. The mission was to have been completed earlier, but the astronauts left the Russian 'Pirs' segment of the ISS later than expected. The astronauts repaired an antenna that did not detract automatically when an unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft docked with the ISS in autumn 2006. The unmanned spacecraft is to be filled with waste from the ISS and burn up upon reentry into the Earth's atmosphere in April. The third member of the ISS's 14th permanent crew, US astronaut Sunita Williams, directed her colleagues' mission with a video camera on board the ISS. Lopez-Alegria had already broken the record for the most time on spacewalks - 61 hours and 22 minutes - on February 8. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

And Also

The Decade: Film's 10 Best Music Moments In The Aughts

The Decade: Film's 10 Best Music Moments In The Aughts - Cinema Blend
GASP: Goldstriker creates world's most expensive iPhone - The Tech Herald
Mysteries of "Zhu Zhu Hamsters," "Al Alberts," and "White House Party Crashers" Solved - PopEater
Chris Rock interview, Sons of Anarchy and Woody Allen shout out for 'Madagascar' star

Science

Science News

US astronaut breaks spacewalk record

And Also

Your Talkback on this Story

Similar articles

Latest Headlines in Science

Older Talkback

From Sites we Like

In Monsters and Critics

Corporate

The Fine Print