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• Nov. 24: Astronaut Steve Bowen, STS-126 mission specialist, participates in the mission's fourth and final scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, seven-minute spacewalk, Bowen and astronaut Shane Kimbrough, unseen, mission specialist, completed the lubrication of the port Solar Alpha Rotary Joints (SARJ) as well as other station assembly tasks. Bowen returned to the starboard SARJ to install the final trundle bearing assembly, retracted a berthing mechanism latch on the Japanese Kibo Laboratory and reinstalled its thermal cover. Bowen also installed a video camera on the Port 1 truss and attached a Global Positioning System antenna on the Japanese Experiment Module Pressurized Section.
• Nov. 24: In this photo released by NASA, astronaut Steve Bowen, STS-126 mission specialist, participates in the mission's fourth and final scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, seven-minute spacewalk, Bowen and astronaut Shane Kimbrough, unseen, mission specialist, completed the lubrication of the port Solar Alpha Rotary Joints (SARJ) as well as other station assembly tasks. Bowen returned to the starboard SARJ to install the final trundle bearing assembly, retracted a berthing mechanism latch on the Japanese Kibo Laboratory and reinstalled its thermal cover. Bowen also installed a video camera on the Port 1 truss and attached a Global Positioning System antenna on the Japanese Experiment Module Pressurized Section.
• Nov. 24: In this photo released by NASA, astronaut Steve Bowen, STS-126 mission specialist, participates in the mission's fourth and final scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, seven-minute spacewalk, Bowen and astronaut Shane Kimbrough, unseen, mission specialist, completed the lubrication of the port Solar Alpha Rotary Joints (SARJ) as well as other station assembly tasks. Bowen returned to the starboard SARJ to install the final trundle bearing assembly, retracted a berthing mechanism latch on the Japanese Kibo Laboratory and reinstalled its thermal cover. Bowen also installed a video camera on the Port 1 truss and attached a Global Positioning System antenna on the Japanese Experiment Module Pressurized Section.
• Nov. 22: In this image from NASA TV, space walking astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, top, and Steven Bowen work on a solar wing-rotating joint during a space walk on the International Space Station.
• Nov. 22: In this image from NASA TV, astronaut's Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, top, and Steven Bowen work on a solar wing-rotating joint during a space walk on the International Space Station.
• Nov. 21: In this image from NASA TV, astronaut Sandra Magnus works with the cameras that will be used during Saturday's space walk on the International Space Station.
• Nov. 20: In this image from NASA TV, mission specialist Shane Kimbrough cleans and lubricates the end of the International Space Station's robotic arm during a space walk.
• Nov. 21: In this image from NASA TV, mission specialists Shane Kimbrough, left, and Steve Bowen prepare their space suits on the International Space Station in preparation for Saturday's space walk.
• Nov. 16: In a photo provided by NASA, the Space Shuttle Endeavor has a backdrop of clouds as it approaches the International Space Station prior to docking with the space station. The Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module is visible in Endeavour's cargo bay with over 14,000 pounds of cargo for the space station.
• Nov. 18: In this image from NASA TV, astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, attached to the end of a robotic arm, maneuvers an empty nitrogen tank toward the cargo bay of the docked space shuttle Endeavour.
• Nov. 18: In this image from NASA TV, a tool kit bag, center, as seen through the helmet camera of astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, floats away from the International Space Station after she lost hold of it during a procedure during a 6 1/2-hour scheduled space walk outside the space station.
• Nov. 18: In this image from NASA TV, astronaut Stephen Bowen maneuvers down the cargo bay of the space shuttle Endeavour as he prepares to assist astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper in placing an empty nitrogen tank into the shuttle's cargo bay.
• Nov. 14: In this photo released by NASA, Astronaut Steve Bowen, STS-126 mission specialist, prepares to use a camera on the middeck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during post launch activities.
• Nov. 14: In this photo released by NASA, Astronaut Donald Pettit, STS-126 mission specialist, is seen in the middeck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during post launch activities.
• Nov. 14: In this photo released by NASA, astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-126 commander is seen in the commander's station on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during post launch activities.
• Nov. 14: In this photo released by NASA shows Astronaut Eric Boe, STS-126 pilot, gives a thumbs up as he sits in the pilot's station on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during post launch activities. The first-time space traveler has been flying for the Air Force since the late 1980s.
• Nov. 14: Endeavour launches into the night sky from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Nov. 14: Endeavour launches into the night sky from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Nov. 14: Endeavour launches into the night sky from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Nov. 14: Space shuttle Endeavour stands ready for launch at pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Nov. 13: Space Shuttle Endeavour sits on the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Nov. 13: An electrician replaces bulbs near the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
• Nov. 13: K-9 officer Ed Cox inspects media vans at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to lift off Friday evening on a mission to the International Space Station. NASA cleared space shuttle Endeavour for a Friday night launch to the international space station, but the weather outlook was not too promising. Forecasters put the odds of acceptable conditions at 60 percent for the scheduled 7:55 p.m. Friday liftoff and only 40 percent for Saturday.
• Nov. 12: Space shuttle Endeavour stands ready on launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Nov. 12: Space shuttle Endeavour stands ready for launch on pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Oct. 29: The crew of space shuttle Endeavour, counter clockwise from right, commander Chris Ferguson, mission specialist's Donald Petit, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Sandra Mangnus, Shane Kimbrough, Steve Bowen and pilot Eric Boe, leave the operations and checkout building for their final day of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, a dress rehearsal for the upcoming launch, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Endeavour is scheduled to launch on Nov. 14.
• Oct. 28: The space shuttle Endeavour crew, from left, commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Eric Boe and mission specialists Steve Bowen, Sandra Mangnus, Shane Kimbrough, Donald Petit and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, attend a news conference at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The scheduled launch for Endeavour is on Nov. 14.
• Oct. 28: Space shuttle Endeavour crew members, from left, commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Eric Boe and mission specialists Steve Bowen, Sandra Mangnus, Shane Kimbrough, Donald Petit and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, attend a news conference at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Endeavour, background, is scheduled for launch on Nov. 14.
• The space shuttle Endeavour stands atop Launch Pad 39A for the planned Nov. 14, 2008 launch of its STS-126 mission to the ISS.
• NASA's new Water Recovery System will make it possible to double to six the number of crewmembers who can live aboard the International Space Station.
• Space shuttle Endeavour stands poised for space soon after being moved to Launch Pad 39A for the launch of STS-126 on Nov. 14, 2008.
• The STS-126 crew members eagerly exit the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to practice launch day activities for their Nov. 14, 2008 blast off.
• Astronauts Sandra Magnus (foreground), Expedition 18 flight engineer; Shane Kimbrough and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, both STS-126 mission specialists, give a "thumbs-up" signal during a training session in one of the full-scale trainers in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center.
• On the 225-foot level of Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-126 crew poses for a group photo as they prepare for a Nov. 14, 2008 launch. From left are Mission Specialists Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steve Bowen, Pilot Eric Boe, Commander Chris Ferguson, and Mission Specialists Sandra Magnus, Donald Pettit and Shane Kimbrough.

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