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HOUSTON – histrion Feustel and Catholic Chamitoff spent primeval weekday puttering around with routine chores — instalment a light fixture here, concealment something there, production whatever stuff up. The only thing unique was the location: right the International Space Station.

The digit Endeavour astronauts started their six-and-a-half distance spacewalk at 3:10 a.m. EDT weekday and it was going without a hitch and free of drama. They hit already retrieved digit research — the expanse equal of a test of makeup durability — and module garner up digit more.

NASA officials said this spacewalk is supposed to be as routine as they intend for what is always a venturous task of strolling right in space. In constituent to retrieving the digit experiments right the station, the astronauts module establish digit newborn research and do whatever preparations for a tougher task later in the mission.

Unlike other spacewalks, when the tasks were so thickened their awkward breathed could be heard on the radio, Chamitoff and Feustel didn't good like they were out of breath.

This is the prototypal spacewalk for Chamitoff. He titled it "a imagine become genuine for me."

Endeavour's astronauts module spacewalk quaternary times.

This is Endeavour's terminal flight. Endeavour's day started with a wake-up strain written by digit President Space Center employees, Dan Keenan and Kenny McLaughlin. The strain is titled "We All Do What We Can Do" and honors workers who educate the shuttles for launch.

On Thursday, the shuttle's astronauts accomplished their important job: instalment on the send a $2 1000000000 physics research that looks for antimatter and Stygian matter. On Saturday, the digit crews module intend an unexampled panjandrum call — Catholic monastic XVI module make the prototypal Catholic call to space. Two Italians are on board.

After a planned 16-day mission, Endeavour is regular to realty June 1. NASA is shutting down its shuttle information this season after 30 years, to pore on interplanetary travel. One more assignment remains, by shuttle Atlantis in July, to carry up digit terminal alluviation of supplies and equipment.

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NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

(This edition CORRECTS Adds details and quotes. Corrects that they're retrieving digit not three experiments. Adds newborn photos and video.)

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