Spacewalkers outfit station airlock with oxygen, nitrogen tanks
With the new U.S. airlock Quest sporting supply tanks installed by two spacewalkers early July 18, the crews of Atlantis and the International Space Station Alpha were preparing for the airlock's first use as a "door" to space on Friday. Atlantis astronauts Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly attached...
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