Astronauts face hardest spacewalk to finish repair

November 22, 2008 By MARCIA DUNN , AP Aerospace Writer Astronauts face hardest spacewalk to finish repair (AP)

In this image provided by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough participates in the mission's second scheduled session of extravehicular activity Thursday Nov. 20, 2008 as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA)

(AP) -- Astronauts up on the international space station faced the longest and hardest spacewalk of their mission Saturday, a seven-hour-plus excursion to wrap up repair work on a gummed-up joint.

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