STS-120 DISCOVERY Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock Go On 1st Spacewalk Today

Published: October 26, 2007, 1:00 pm

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STS-120 DISCOVERY Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock Go On 1st SpacewalkFriday, October 26, 2007.SPACEWALK Was LIVE This MorningOn NASA TELEVISIONAbout Photo: STS-120 Mission Specialist Doug Wheelock rides the station's robotic arm into Discovery's payload bay.Image Credit: NASA TV..Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock wrapped up STS-120's first spacewalk at 12:16 p.m. EDT. During the 6-hour, 14-minute excursion, the STS-120 and Expedition 16 crews successfully installed the Harmony module in a temporary location on the International Space Station and prepared the P6 truss for its relocation.Parazynski and Wheelock removed and stowed the S-band Antenna Structural Assembly which is being returned to Earth on Discovery. Next, they secured a Payload and Data Grapple Fixture onto Harmony that could not be in place during launch, removed contamination covers and disconnected the power cables linking Harmony to Discovery.When the spacewalkers'

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