The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 11th, 2000
Astronaut, cosmonaut go for spacewalk They will climb up space station to lay cable, install boom for navigation unit By MARCIA DUNN Associated Press Monday, September 11, 2000 Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- An American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut floated out of space shuttle Atlantis early today for a long walk up the international space station. Edward Lu and Yuri Malenchenko paired up for the grueling climb, to lay cable and install a boom for a navigation unit on the exterior of the 140-foot station. The spacewalkers planned to venture 110 feet from Atlantis' cargo bay, where the spa...
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