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Expedition 14 ready for spacewalk

The Expedition 14 crew are today gearing up for a midnight excursion outside the Station. During the six hour spacewalk Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin will install an experiment, relocate an antenna, inspect the Progress 23 cargo spaceship and even hit a few golf balls.

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