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A Busy Space Walk at the Space Station
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A Busy Space Walk at the Space Station
Explanation: What's that astronaut doing? Unloading a space shuttle -- for the last time. After the
space shuttle Atlantis
docked with the International Space Station (ISS) last week, astronaut
Mike Fossum
underwent a long spacewalk that included carrying a
Robotics Refueling Mission
(RRM) payload from Atlantis' cargo bay to a platform used by the space station's famous
robot DEXTRE
. On Earth, the
RRM box
would have the weight of about
three people
and be much more difficult to carry.
Pictured above
on the far left,
DEXTRE
prepares to help move a failed space pump back to Atlantis. Visible behind the astronaut is the space station's
Kibo Experimental Module
. The much awaited
final shuttle
return flight is currently scheduled for 5:56 am
EDT
Thursday, July 21. Quiz:
How many national flags appear, at least in part, in the above image?
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