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| Image above: A setting sun and the thin blue airglow
line at Earth’s horizon was captured in this image from a window
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Williams and Reiter check out spacesuits
Flight Engineers Jeff Williams KD5TVQ and Thomas Reiter DF4TR conducted
a system check of their spacesuits and checked out tools to be used during
the August 3 spacewalk.
One of the key tasks today was a familiarization by Williams and Reiter
of the pistol grip tool they will use while outside the station.
The expedition crew members continue to set up new equipment brought
onboard the station after Discovery docked on July 6. New additions to
the station include a laboratory freezer that stores biological and life
science samples and a new oxygen generation system for the orbiting space
outpost.
Yesterday morning (Thursday), just before 1 a.m. EDT, the ISS Progress
21 engines fired for 3 minutes, 5 seconds in the first of two reboost
maneuvers designed to place the station at the proper altitude for rendezvous
and docking with Space Shuttle Atlantis during the STS-115 mission. A
second reboost will be conducted in late August, just before the launch
of Atlantis.
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