International Space Station crewmembers left the Pirs Docking Compartment at 2:58 a.m. EDT Tuesday to begin a spacewalk focused on preparations to receive the new Automated Transfer Vehicle and retrieve materials and contamination experiments.
The spacewalk by ISS Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA ISS Science Officer Mike Fincke, is scheduled to last almost six hours. The spacewalkers are using Russan Orlan spacesuits. Padalka's suit is marked with red stripes, Fincke's with blue stripes.