Astronauts begin spacewalk to upgrade station power system
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Jan 13 (Reuters) - Two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Friday for a 6-1/2-hour spacewalk to replace aging batteries for the laboratory's solar power system, an upgrade needed to keep the outpost running into the next decade, NASA said. [Source]
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