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Image above: Shuttle and station astronauts participate in an in-flight media interview. Credit NASA TV

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Crews move S6 and prepare for spacewalk

The STS-119 and Expedition 18 crew members moved the S6 truss to its installation site and prepared for the first spacewalk of the mission.

Mission specialists Steve Swanson and Richard Arnold, KE5DAU, are scheduled to perform that spacewalk on Thursday.

In addition to a new crew member, space shuttle Discovery brought the S6 truss segment to the International Space Station Tuesday. The delivery and installation of the station's final, major U.S. truss segment will bring the orbiting laboratory up to full power and double its capacity to perform science

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