International Space Station gets 'front porch'
Saturday, July 18, 2009 - 21:56
in Astronomy & Space
Spacewalkers install a platform that will expose experiments to the cold vacuum of space. houston -- Spacewalking astronauts secured a "front porch" Saturday to the International Space Station that will expose scientific experiments to the cold vacuum of outer space.
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