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Extra spacewalk for Fuglesang and Curbeam

17 December 2006

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ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang during the second spacewalk of Space Shuttle mission STS-116. Fuglesang stands on a platform on the end of the Station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, during operations to move two CETA carts on the truss - the Station's girder-like backbone structure.

Credits: NASA

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This digital still image was taken by a crew member on board Space Shuttle Discovery of a kink that occurred in the port-side P6 solar array during the first attempt to retract that array on 13 December. The crew later extended the array and cleared this kink. The slow retraction of the array was then begun again with similar retraction and extension cycles repeated as the day progressed. The solar array remains partially retracted whilst NASA's experts decide how to proceed.

Credits: NASA

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