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December 23, 2013

No early Christmas? Spacesuit issue delays second spacewalk to fix ISS cooling system
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 23, 2013
Two American astronauts have completed the first stage of urgent repair work outside the International Space Station ahead of schedule, but a spacesuit issue has delayed a second spacewalk to revive the crippled cooling system. Rick Mastracchio and Michael Hopkins successfully removed an ammonia pump with a faulty valve in during a spacewalk that lasted for 5 hours and 28 minutes, instead of the 6.5 hours originally planned. "An early Christmas," commented Mission Control as Mastracchio unp ... read more

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