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US astronauts prepare for spacewalk outside International Space Station – TASS
The current ISS crew consists of three people: Russia’s Fyodor Yurchikhin and US astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer
NEW YORK, May 22. /TASS/. Two US astronauts are preparing for an extensive spacewalk on Tuesday outside the International Space Station (ISS) to change a failed data relay box, NASA reported on Monday.
“After a review of spacewalk preparations and crew readiness throughout the day Sunday, the decision was made to press ahead with the spacewalk on Tuesday. It will be conducted by Expedition 51 Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA,” the agencys statement said.
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