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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Astronauts Take Hundredth Space Walk From Space Station


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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