
Outside the International Space Station, the duo just finished relocating a device that measures the build-up of electric charge outside the outpost, a potential hazard to spacewalkers.

"Can you hear me now?" Bresnik asked at one point, as if dealing with spotty cell phone reception.
Foreman had audio trouble near the end of the mission's first spacewalk on Wednesday. Managers thought a spacesuit volume switch might have been bumped.
It was also possible that moisture in his communications cap, worn beneath his spacesuit helmet, was causing interference.
Foreman noted the problem again before exiting the station airlock around 9:30 this morning, but elected to proceed without delaying the spacewalk to work on it.
The issue has not impacted the spacewalk, which is running about an hour ahead of schedule.
The next job will be to deploy a cargo attachment system on the Starboard 3 segment of the station's truss, near where a large platform of spare parts was robotically installed earlier this morning.

Managers had cancelled a half-hour planned for get-ahead tasks since false alarms overnight on the station delayed the spacewalks's start. But they may now be able to add the work back into the timeline.
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