The space shuttle crew gets a little break from the busy pace of the last several days. Today they are working with the new Rassvet module and preparing for a third spacewalk, but the shuttle astronauts will have some off-duty time as well.

The first tasks of the day focused on the new module, Mini-Research Module-1, also known as Rassvet, which was attached to the International Space Station Tuesday. Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Alexander Skvortsov performed leak checks in the Russian segment before opening hatches around 6:52 a.m. EDT.

The shuttle crew will have a few hours of off duty time in the afternoon, but otherwise, the day will largely focus on preparations for the third and final spacewalk. Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman, Michael Good and Stephen Bowen will gather and prepare the tools needed and configure the airlock. Commander Ken Ham, Pilot Tony Antonelli and Mission Specialist Piers Sellers will join them to review the procedures before Reisman and Good settle in to spend the night in the Quest module as part of the "camp out" for their excursion.