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Astronauts Take Mission's Final Spacewalk

Posted by: Jeremy Nelson
Email: jnelson@nbcactionnews.com
Last Update: 9/05 5:23 pm

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Two astronauts are spacewalking again outside the international space station — for the last time.

Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang ventured out late Saturday afternoon on the third and final spacewalk of their shuttle mission.

The two will spend the evening putting up new antennas and laying 60 feet of cable for a future space station chamber. They also will pull out a shelf for storing big spare parts and replace some old electronic devices.

During the first two spacewalks, astronauts gave the orbiting complex a fresh tank of coolant.

Saturday night's spacewalk is the last major job for the seven shuttle astronauts before they depart Tuesday. Their 13-day flight is scheduled to end with a landing back in Florida on Thursday.



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