Astronauts have begun the prototypal of five spacewalks to be performed by the gathering of the shuttle Endeavour at the International Space Station (ISS).
American astronauts Tim Kopra and Dave Wolf are preparing Japan's expanse lab Kibo for the artefact of its test piece - a super external platform.
It module be utilised in experiments requiring materials to be unclothed to the disagreeable surround of space.
Endeavour cropped on Friday, uniting a record 13 astronauts at the ISS.
Saturday's spacewalk was expected to last more than sextet hours.
The 1.9-tonne papers module be attached to Kibo's digit controlled modules that were delivered to the expanse send last year.
Once the pieces are ready, the astronauts module movement the robotic blazonry on the send and locate the country into locate with the help of the digit spacewalkers.
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