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Discovery: STS-133's first space walk carried out (VIDEO)

Cape Canaveral, USA - Mission will be extended by one day

Yesterday, on February 28th, the crew of STS-133 mission carried out its first spacewalk, or "EVA", "Extravehicular Activity". Astronauts Alvin Drew and Steve Bowen, after the preparation into the airlock of "Quest" module (see AVIONEWS) conducted a spacewalk lasting 6 hours and 34 minutes, mainly in order to install an electrical connection between the "Unity" and "Tranquility" modules and to replace...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1126365
Rome, Italy, 03/01/2011 16:46
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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