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Accomplished second and last STS-133's spacewalk

Cape Canaveral, USA - At 05:00 pm greetings by President Obama

STS-133's mission specialists Steve Bowen, and Alvin Drew have made the second and last EVA, Extravehicular Activity. The spacewalk -the seventh for Bowen and the second for Drew- started yesterday at 10:42 and lasted for 6 hours and 14 minutes, ending at 4:56 pm EST. In the course of the EVA various maintenance tasks were carried out. Drew kicked off the operations, working on "The relocated...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1126521
Rome, Italy, 03/03/2011 19:29
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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