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Astronauts start rewiring Space Station

12-15-2006 · European Space Agency (ESA)

ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang and NASA's Robert Curbeam successfully completed a five-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station last night. Their main tasks were to start reconfiguring the Station's power supply and relocate two equipment carts.

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