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Mission Reports
Astronauts complete bonus objectives in first in series of AMS repair spacewalks
Two astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station Friday for the first of four spacewalks to repair a $2 billion cosmic ray detector, breezing through work to prep the device for invasive surgery to splice in new coolant pumps and extend the instrument’s life probing the composition of the universe.
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Return of SpaceX crew capsule delayed by high winds
Mission Reports