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US, Japanese Astronauts Take Spacewalk to Complete ISS Repairs, Upgrades

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   A U.S. and a Japanese astronaut ventured out of the International Space
   Station (ISS) Friday, in the second of two spacewalks conducted this
   week to complete upgrades and repairs to the orbiting outpost.
   NASA Flight Engineer Kate Rubins and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
   (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, have a number of tasks on their
   agenda, including venting ammonia from the Early Ammonia System and
   complete installing support frames for new, high-efficiency solar
   panels, a project begun during a spacewalk Sunday.
   Friday's spacewalk is the fourth for both Rubins and Noguchi in their
   astronaut careers, and the 236th in the ISS's 20-year history.

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