Spacewalker Rick Linnehan(L) and Garrett Reisman(R) work near the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, known as "Dextre" during a spacewalk in this view from NASA TV March 14, 2008.
Two astronauts at the International Space Station kicked off the first of a series of spacewalks to assemble new components for the orbital outpost, NASA TV reported Thursday.
The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour's crew member Rick Linnehan and Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Garrett Reisman stepped out of the station at 9:18 p.m. EDT on Thursday (0118 GMT on Friday). The excursion will last for about six hours and a half.
Spacewalker Rick Linnehan removes a protective cover from the new Japanese module stored in Endeavour's payload during a spacewalk in this view from NASA TV March 13, 2008
Spacewalker Rick Linnehan(L) and Garrett Reisman(R) work near the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, known as 'Dextre' during a spacewalk in this view from NASA TV March 14, 2008
Spacewalker Rick Linnehan works near the pallet where the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, known as "Dextre" is stored during a spacewalk in this view from NASA TV March 14, 2008. Dextre will be capable of handling delicate assembly tasks currently performed by spacewalking astronauts when fully operational .
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