Endeavour astronauts complete 3rd spacewalk

 

Astronaut Steve Bowen works on the International Space Station's starboard Solar Alpha Rotary Joint during the third spacewalk of the mission in this view from NASA TV Nov. 22, 2008. Inside the station, the crew continues to transfer equipment between the two spacecraft as ground experts troubleshoot an issue with the station's new Urine Processor Assembly (UPA), part of the system designed to process urine, perspiration and hygiene water into drinkable water.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

 

 

Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (L) and Shane Kimbrough, both STS-126 mission specialists, participate in the mission's second scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in this photo taken Nov. 20, 2008 and released by NASA Nov. 21, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

 

 

Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (L) and Steve Bowen (R) work during the mission's third spacewalk cleaning and lubricating the International Space Station's starboard Solar Alpha Rotary Joint and replacing trundle bearing assemblies in this view from NASA TV Nov. 22, 2008. Inside the station, the crew continues to transfer equipment between the two spacecraft as ground experts troubleshoot an issue with the station's new Urine Processor Assembly (UPA), part of the system designed to process urine, perspiration and hygiene water into drinkable water. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

 

 

Following a space-to-Earth news conference on Nov. 21, 2008 members of the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Endeavour crew posed for a group portrait on the orbital outpost. Astronaut Donald Pettit appears at photo center. Just below Pettit is astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshin-Piper. Clockwise from her position are astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Steve Bowen, Eric Boe, Chris Ferguson and Michael Fincke, along with cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, and astronauts Sandra Magnus and Gregory Chamitoff in this photo released by NASA Nov. 22, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

 

Astronaut Shane Kimbrough waves to fellow spacewalker and photographer Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper in this photo taken Nov. 20, 2008 and released by NASA on Nov. 21, 2008, as construction and maintenance continued on the International Space Station. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

 

Astronaut Shane Kimbrough is seen during his spacewalk in this photo taken Nov. 20, 2008 and released by NASA on Nov. 21, 2008, as construction and maintenance continued on the International Space Station.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)