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Russian spacewalkers cut into Soyuz spaceship to inspect leak repair
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7 p.m. EST (0000 GMT) after end of spacewalk. Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko cuts through thermal insulation and debris shields to reach the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft’s hull during Tuesday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Clad in pressurized spacesuits, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Sergey Prokopyev used knives and scissors Tuesday to slice through…