New Scientist: Space suit switch complicates spacewalk

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99995034

After finding problems with their US space suits, the International Space Station crew is switching to two new Russian space suits for a crucial space walk scheduled for June. The 4.5-hour spacewalk is needed to fix an earlier glitch with the station itself. On April 24, a power controller failed, shutting off power to one of the three gyroscopes that control the station's alignment. The two remaining gyros can keep the station in place, but any further gyro failures would require firing on-board thrusters to keep the station properly aligned.

How many more failures before we just abandon the ISS? The US Space program has become a pathetic joke.