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Discovery astronauts complete second spacewalk

www.chinanews.cn 2005-08-02 10:14:26

(Agencies)

HOUSTON, United States, Aug. 2 - Two Discovery shuttle astronauts
successfully completed their second spacewalk in which they replaced one
of the four gyroscopes on the International Space Station.
Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi and American crewmate Stephen Robinson
returned to the shuttle on Monday after spending seven hours and 14
minutes in space, 350 kilometers (220 miles) above Earth.
It was the second spacewalk the pair have carried out during the mission,
which has been marred by controversy over the safety of the American
shuttles.
The main purpose on Monday's walk was to replace one of four gyroscopes
which help steer the space station and keep it in its pre-determined
orbit. NASA said it had been a complete success.

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