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Parmitano's spacewalk ends without problems

Houston, USA - The second extra-vehicular activity scheduled on July 16

Expedition 36 astronauts Chris Cassidy and Luca Parmitano wrapped up a successful 6-hour, 7-minute spacewalk on Tuesday 9 July 2013, completing the first of two July excursions to prepare the International Space Station for a new Russian module and perform additional installations on the orbiting laboratory’s backbone. The spacewalk began at 12:02 am GMT/UTC as the two astronauts switched their s...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1153820
Rome, Italy, 07/10/2013 11:47
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