ISS astronauts take another walk in space
By Reuters
20 October 2017 |
3:40 pm
NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Randy Bresnik perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to make some minor repairs and install a HD camera and replacing a light.
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