ISS Expedition 9 Spacewalk A Go For Today

The ISS Expedition 9 crew received the go-ahead to proceed today with the planned spacewalk that was cut short on June 24th when ground controllers discovered a higher than expected oxygen flow in Astronaut Mike Fincke’s suit. Troubleshooting revealed that the problem was caused by an open oxygen flow switch on Fincke’s primary oxygen bottle. Today's spacewalk will begin at 5:40 PM EDT and is expected to last six hours.

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