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# Longest spacewalk in International Space Station's history fails to fix
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fault
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## An attempt to fix a fault with the International Space Station, which
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involved the longest ever spacewalk from the station, has failed.
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![Space station][1]
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Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson failed to fix the fault with the
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International Space Station Photo: REUTERS
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By Rebecca Lefort 11:23PM BST 07 Aug 2010
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[Comments][2]
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Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, two American astronauts, spent just
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over eight hours in the void outside the space station in an effort to repair
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the orbiting lab's faulty cooling system, NASA said.
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It was the longest spacewalk in the International Space Station's history and
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the sixth longest ever.
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However the pair were unable to unbolt and remove a pump that failed last
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weekend.
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"It was a tough one as spacewalks go," an announcer from NASA's mission
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control in Houston, Texas, conceded on a live video feed.
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The pair had slept in an airlock beforehand to allow their bodies to adjust to
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different pressure conditions.
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03 Aug 2010
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The walk was slightly delayed because of what NASA officials described as a
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"communication problem" inside Caldwell Dyson's helmet, but the issue was
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resolved.
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Experts had warned ahead of the spacewalk that the operation was challenging
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because the astronauts would be handling ammonia lines at full operating
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pressure, which makes them stiff.
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A second spacewalk is planned for Wednesday when the astronauts will once
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