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Woman astronaut completes record 8th spacewalk, with a tiny hiccup (1/6)

2017-04-01 16:26 Ecns.cn Editor:Yao Lan
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Astronaut Peggy Whitson, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), gestures from a bus prior the launch of Soyuz MS-3 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Nov. 17, 2016. Peggy Whitson, 57, completed her record-breaking eighth spacewalk despite a minor setback when a piece of thermal shielding being installed outside the International Space Station slipped away and drifted into space. Mission Commander Shane Kimbrough and Whitson, the flight engineer, conducted a variety of maintenance tasks over several hours. Whitson, an Iowa native on her third mission to the station, broke records for most spacewalks by a woman with eight, and most hours spent spacewalking with more than 50. (Photo/Agencies)

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