Post date: Feb 28, 2011 7:26:4 PM
NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew, part of Shuttle Discovery's six-member crew, began the first of two planned spacewalks on Monday. Jon Decker reports.
IN SPACE-SPACEWALK - NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew, part of Shuttle Discovery's six-member crew, began the first of two planned spacewalks on Monday - intended to support maintenance of the International Space Station.
The spacewalk by Bowwn and Drew was scheduled to last six and a half hours.
Discovery reached the ISS on Saturday, two days after liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center, for its 39th and final mission. The Shuttle is scheduled to spend a week at the station, though NASA is considering adding an extra day.
NASA is ending its 30-year shuttle program in about six months.
Jon Decker, Reuters.