Astronauts Prepare for Fifth Spacewalk

March 22, 2008 By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON, Associated Press Writer Astronauts Prepare for Fifth Spacewalk (AP)

This image from NASA TV shows astronauts during a spacewalk Thursday, March 20, 2008. Two spacewalking astronauts pulled out a caulk gun and high-tech kind of Silly Putty on Thursday night and tested a method for patching shuttle thermal tiles. (AP Photo/NASA)

(AP) -- After a final inspection of Endeavour's thermal shield, astronauts aboard the linked shuttle-station complex began preparing for a Saturday spacewalk to store on the station the laser-tipped boom they used to search for damage.

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