Astronauts Face 1 Last Spacewalk

By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer, Space & Earth science / Space Exploration

In this image provided by NASA, American astronaut Rex Walheim work on the International Space Station, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. With two of their three spacewalks completed, the astronauts aboard the linked shuttle-station complex focused Thursday on getting the new Columbus lab up and running. (AP Photo/NASA TV)

(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex face one last spacewalk Friday to wrap up exterior work on the newly installed Columbus lab, which flight controllers expect to be producing science before Atlantis leaves next week.

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