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Astronauts install new rollout solar panels on International Space Station

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Astronauts Thomas Pesquet of France and Shane Kimbrough of the United States spacewalked outside the International Space Station on Wednesday as they began the painstaking process of installing new solar panels to boost the orbital outpost's deteriorating power systems.

Added on the 16/06/2021 22:36:54 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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