Station crew set to move mating adaptor after spacewalk

International Space Station crew members are scheduled to move the pressurized mating adaptor (PMA-2) where space shuttles dock on Nov. 12, following a Nov. 9 spacewalk by Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko to disconnect it from the U.S. Destiny laboratory...

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