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First spacewalk to replace pump module delayed

August 5, 2010 1:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

NASA managers have delayed the first spacewalk to replace the pump module from Friday until Saturday, 7 am (EST), with the second spacewalk now delayed from Monday to Wednesday. This is to give them more time to fine tune their plans.

Russian astronauts lose tools during spacewalk

July 27, 2010 9:49 am Robert Zimmerman

During a spacewalk at ISS yesterday, two Russian cosmonauts successfully replaced a broken camera and installed new wiring for the recently added Russian Dawn module. They also lost a washer and an “attachment fixture” used to fasten the wiring in place, both of which were spotted floating away.