Spacewalk Activity Expected To Decline As Robotic Ops Increase

HOUSTON — U.S. and Russian spacewalk activity is expected to decline from an average of 12 to between one and three excursions annually as the assembly and outfitting of the International Space Station’s U.S. operating segment draws to a close with the final space shuttle flight. Orbiter Atlantis...

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