Spacewalk search for ammonia leak

Two spacewalking astronauts worked on a leaky radiator system outside the International Space Station today, just hours after barely dodging a menacing piece of orbiting junk.

Two spacewalking astronauts worked on a leaky radiator system outside the International Space Station today, just hours after barely dodging a menacing piece of orbiting junk.

Nasa ordered the space station to change position yesterday evening to avoid a fragment from a communication satellite which was destroyed in a high-speed collision three years ago.

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