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Spacewalkers prepare for in-orbit cleaning job

Published November 18, 2008, 2:08 pm, Otago Daily Times

Two astronauts face a tedious cleaning and lube job - the first of a series of spacewalks to resurrect a massive joint that turns one of the international space station's power-generating solar-panel wings toward the sun.

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