Probe installed to monitor space post
China Daily | Updated: 2008-12-24 07:43
International Space Station Commander Michael Fincke (upper right) works outside the PIRS docking module of the Russian segment of the station at the begining of a spacewalk with ISS flight engineer Yury Lonchakov (not pictured) in this view from NASA TV on Monday. Reuters |
A US astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut completed a 5-1/2-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station yesterday to install a device that monitors conditions around the orbital outpost.
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