Astronauts fail to remove broken cooling pump

Saturday, August 7, 2010 - 18:35 in Astronomy & Space

The unsuccessful spacewalk leaves the International Space Station relying on one pump to keep it from overheating. Two NASA astronauts failed to remove a broken cooling pump from outside the International Space Station after a frustrating eight-hour effort Saturday that set the record as the longest spacewalk at the floating observatory.

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