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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2002

NASA astronaut and Chickasaw Nation tribal member John Herrington took his first spacewalk on Tuesday as part of his mission on the space shuttle Endeavour.

"Yee-haw!" Herrington is reported to have said.

Herrington and crew member Michael Lopez-Alegria made some equipment changes to the international space station. They were successful in hooking up a new girder.

Three other shuttle members are staying behind on the space station. Herrington is expected to return to Earth on December 4.

Get the Story:
Astronauts Hook Up New Station Girder (AP 11/27)

Relevant Links:
Kennedy Space Center Gallery - http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=39

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