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  • Photos from this weekend’s spacewalk

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    Two astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station on Saturday, running more than 300 feet of wiring that will eventually be connected to new docking ports to receive commercial spaceships built by Boeing and SpaceX. Expedition 42 crew commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and flight engineer Terry Virts, both veteran space shuttle pilots, spent nearly seven…

  • Astronauts, spacesuits ready for spacewalk Saturday

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Terry Virts will begin a series of three spacewalks Saturday. Credit: NASA NASA space station managers decided Thursday to delay the first two of three planned spacewalks by one day to give flight controllers and engineers a chance to catch their…