Atlantis astronauts complete first space walk

Astronaut Mike Foreman works in the Atlantis' payload bay at the beginning of his spacewalk in this image from NASA TV November 19, 2009. The spacewalkers are slated to perform maintenance tasks outside the station including installing a spare communications antenna, routing cables and lubricating parts of the mobile base system and Kibo robotic arm.

Astronaut Mike Foreman works in the Atlantis' payload bay at the beginning of his spacewalk in this image from NASA TV November 19, 2009.

This NASA TV image shows Atlantis astronaut Robert Satcher on the robotic arm, working during a planned spacewalk November 19, 2009.

This NASA TV image shows Atlantis astronaut Robert Satcher on the robotic arm, working during a planned spacewalk November 19, 2009.
(AFP)