Spacewalkers Camping Out Before First Spacewalk

Spacewalkers Nicholas Patrick and Robert Behnken began their overnight campout in the station’s Quest airlock a little before 8 a.m. EST in preparation for the first of three spacewalks during space shuttle Endeavour’s visit to the orbiting laboratory. They are sleeping in the reduced 10.2 psi pressure of the airlock to avoid decompression sickness, or the bends.