Photo: Astronauts Take Hundredth Space Walk From Space Station



Commander Peggy Whitson (pictured) embarked on Tuesday, December 18, on the hundredth space walk from the International Space Station.

Whitson and astronaut Daniel Tani inspected defective solar-wing mechanisms that are hobbling power generation at the orbiting complex.

Photograph from NASA Television/AP


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