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Endeavour Crew Finishes Final Walk

Astronauts set up inspection boom for next mission

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 22, 2008 6:49 PM CDT

(Newser) – A pair of Endeavour astronauts completed the last spacewalk of their historic assembly mission tonight, the Houston Chronicle reports. Over 6 hours, Mike Forman and Bob Behnken set up an inspection boom outside the International Space Station to help future shuttles avoid disasters like the... Read full story »

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