Station's Joint Airlock to make spacewalk debut on Thursday
Astronauts are preparing to use the International Space Station's new airlock for the first time on July 19, when mission specialists Michael Gernhardt and Jim Reilly will use it for a spacewalk. The Joint Airlock, dubbed Quest, was installed on the station on July 15. It will permit spacewalks from...
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