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Astronauts Installing New Lab

Posted Jun 3, 08 5:04 PM CDT in Science & Health 

(Newser) – Two spacewalking astronauts are preparing the enormous Japanese-made Kibo lab for eventual installation on the International Space Station, the Houston Chronicle reports. After getting a late start this morning because of a communications malfunction, Mike Fossum and Ron Garan sped through their checklists and got back ahead of schedule. The expedition is expected to take almost 7 hours.

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This image made from NASA TV, astronauts us the Canada arm to lift the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory from the space shuttle Endeavour.   (AP Photo)
In this image from NASA-TV, astronaut Ron Garan is seen during a spacewalk in the payload bay of the shuttle Discovery while prepping the Kibo lab for installation, Tuesday, June 3,2008.   (AP Photo/NASA TV)
This image made from NASA TV, astronauts use the Canada arm to lift the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory from the space shuttle Endeavour.   (AP Photo)
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