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  1. Today's six-hour spacewalk by Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik began at 9:31 a.m. EST. http://www.tinyurl.com/sts129
  2. The second spare parts carrier launched aboard shuttle Atlantis has been mounted onto the space station. http://www.tinyurl.com/sts129
  3. Watch live video of today's spacewalk on your iPhone or iPod Touch http://tinyurl.com/y9qlefm
  4. The space station's Quest airlock is being depressurized in preparation for the start of today's spacewalk. http://www.tinyurl.com/sts129
  5. NASA assumes ownership of next space station module. http://tinyurl.com/yhm6yaj
  6. Another false alarm on the space station tonight will impact tomorrow's spacewalking plans. http://www.tinyurl.com/sts129
  7. Today's mission status briefing can be seen live on Spaceflight Now at 5:15 p.m. EST (2215 GMT). http://www.tinyurl.com/sts129
  8. Soyuz rocket launches top secret Russian military satellite. http://tinyurl.com/y9zvcgl
  9. Heads of commercial Ariane, Proton and Sea Launch programs share thoughts on launch industry. http://tinyurl.com/ylmydms
  10. RT @AstronomyNow: ESO's New Technology Telescope dines out on cannibalistic galaxy http://bit.ly/36LQI3
  11. Atlantis and station crews were awakened tonight by a false alarm indicating a sudden depressurization. http://www.tinyurl.com/sts129
  12. Watch post-spacewalk status update live on Spaceflight Now at 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT). http://www.tinyurl.com/sts129
  13. Completing all planned jobs plus bonus deployment of payload fixture too, successful EVA ends at 4:01 pm EST. http://www.tinyurl.com/sts129
  14. Spacewalkers have completed primary tasks of the EVA with about 2 hours to spare. Will tackle extra jobs now. http://www.tinyurl.com/sts129
  15. RT @AstronomyNow: NASA's WISE mission is chilled and ready to roll out to the launch pad tomorrow. http://bit.ly/3zCFdB
  16. Engineers are combining parts from two failed thrusters to continue Japanese Hayabusa probe's trip home. http://tinyurl.com/yfbw98x
  17. The refurbished S-band communications antenna has been attached to the space station by the spacewalkers. http://www.tinyurl.com/sts129
  18. Spacewalkers have retrieved a spare S-band communications antenna from payload bay for move to the station. http://www.tinyurl.com/sts129
  19. Astronauts Mike Foreman and Bobby Satcher officially began today's spacewalk at 9:24 a.m. EST. http://www.tinyurl.com/sts129
  20. Watch today's spacewalk live on your iPhone or iPod Touch http://tinyurl.com/y9qlefm