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Cosmonauts Conduct Spacewalk

Cosmonauts Conduct Spacewalk
Cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev (out of frame), attired in Russian Orlan spacesuits, conducted a six-hour, 23-minute spacewalk on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, on the Russian segment of the International Space Station.

Cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev (out of frame), attired in Russian Orlan spacesuits, conducted a spacewalk on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, on the Russian segment of the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 23-minute spacewalk, the Expedition 28 flight engineers moved a cargo boom from one airlock to another, installed a prototype laser communications system and deployed an amateur radio micro-satellite.Image Credit: NASA