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Russian, American Spend 6 Hrs in Outer Space, Complete All Tasks
A Russian and American astronaut wound up a successful spacewalk on Thursday, fixing a problem antenna on a cargo vessel at the International Space Station, the Interfax news agency reported quoting the Moscow Mission Control Center.
Russian Mikhail Tyurin and American Michael Lopez-Alegria released the antenna of the Progress cargo aircraft which had snagged, ensuring the vessel will be able to undock in April.
“They have fulfilled the entire program and even more,” said Russian Mission Control spokesman Valery Lyndin. The crew completed all tasks despite the malfunction of Tyurin’s spacesuit cooling system. Tyurin said he was cold when he stepped into shadow. The problem was later fixed, and the temperature was back to normal.
This was a record fifth and final spacewalk for this station crew.
The next ISS expedition will comprise two Russian astronauts, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov, and a U.S. space tourist Charles Simonyi.
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