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.

Atlantis Shuttle Launch LIVE

The Atlantis Shuttle lauch is still a GO for today as long as the weather remains in perfect conditions. The Atlantis, STS-125, is on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

The Shuttle Launch will take place at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission will last 11 days which will include 5 spacewalks which last 7 hours each on the 19 year old Hubble Space Telescope.

You can also check out the Atlantis Shuttle Launch LIVE at:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html