First of Three STS-129 Spacewalks Complete
Astronauts Robert Satcher and Mike Foreman spent 6 hours and 37 minutes on their spacewalk. After finishing the days scheduled chores with two hours to spare, Satcher and Foreman deployed the outboard Payload Attach System. A task that was originally planned for the second spacewalk. This was the fourth spacewalk that Foreman conducted and Satchers first spacewalk. It was the 228th spacewalk conducted by U.S. Astronauts. The second spacewalk for this mission is scheduled for today.
This particular STS-129 mission is a flight largely devoted to delivering sizable spare parts to the International Space Station that will attach to its exterior.
