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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 11 > Astronauts handle explosives on daring spacewalk

Astronauts handle explosives on daring spacewalk

By Marcia Dunn / The Bulletin
July 11, 2008

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In a daring spacewalk, two space station astronauts cut into the insulation of their descent capsule Thursday and removed an explosive bolt that could have blown off their hands with firecracker force.

Spacewalkers Sergei Vol-kov and Oleg Kononenko managed, in....

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