Cosmonauts on spacewalk

TWO Russian cosmonauts conducted a spacewalk yesterday intended to activate a new segment on the International Space Station so it can dock Russian spacecraft.

Americans Jeff Williams and Timothy J Creamer and Soichi Noguchi of Japan were supporting the mission from inside the space station.

Cosmonauts Maxim Suraev and Oleg Kotov worked on the Russian Poisk module to link it to the station’s communications and power systems, and prepare it for future dockings with the Russian spacecraft.