21. Russian space officials want to send up power cables to connect solar batteries on the damaged Spektr module with the rest of the station. 22. The docking chamber must be depressurized before the cosmonauts can open the hatchway to the damaged module, which is without air or pressure. 23. The crew closed the hatch to seal the damaged Spektr module off from the rest of Mir. 24. The crew closed the hatch to shut the damaged Spektr module off from the rest of the Mir. 25. The crew rejiggered its schedule to allow for lengthy preparations for their grueling venture into the damaged Spektr module. 26. The cosmonauts were to have crawled along the outside of the sprawling spacecraft to the damaged Spektr lab module. 27. The crew hastily closed the hatch connecting the damaged Spektr module with the rest of the Mir. 28. The passageway was sealed off from the rest of the station and air pressure was reduced slowly so the crew could open the hatchway to the damaged module. 29. The two Russian cosmonauts in bulky space suits hit an early snag when they entered the docking chamber connecting the damaged Spketr module with the rest of the station. 30. The two Russian cosmonauts in bulky spacesuits hit an early snag when they entered the docking chamber connecting the damaged Spektr module with the rest of the station. |