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ISS, cosmonauts complete the second spacewalk
Rome, Italy - Tomorrow starts the third, until now the balance of the delicate mission is positive
During the second spacewalk, in which the Italian cosmonaut, Paolo Nespoli, has led his American colleagues Parazynski and Tani in the installation of solar power arrays, there was a not very nice surprise. They found what appear to be metal shavings in a joint that allows the array to rotate to follow the Sun. But the problem does not gives some cause for concern. Dan Tani collected some of the shavings....
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency