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December 24, 2013

NASA astronauts step out on Christmas Eve spacewalk
Washington (AFP) Dec 24, 2013
Two NASA astronauts stepped out Tuesday on a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk to complete repairs at the International Space Station. "The 10th spacewalk of the year at the International Space Station is now officially under way," a NASA commentator said at 6:53 am (1153 GMT), as astronauts made a second outing to replace an ammonia pump module whose internal control valve failed December 11. The main task of the day is to retrieve a spare pump module from an external stowage platform and install it ... read more

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