Spacewalkers replace spent nitrogen tank on ISS truss

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER – Controllers added a day to the STS-122/1E International Space Station assembly mission Feb. 13, after astronauts Rex Walheim and Hans Schlegel replaced a spent nitrogen tank on the station, with Walheim riding the station robotic arm to pull the old tank off the station truss...

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