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Risky Spacewalk Juices Up ISS

7-hour mission on solar wing improves power supply

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 30, 2008 12:57 PM CST

(Newser) – US astronauts pulled off a risky repair mission on the International Space Station’s troubled solar wing today, the AP reports. The possibility of electrical shock made the 7-hour spacewalk dangerous, forcing the team to wait until the station was on the dark side of... Read full story »

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