Astronaut takes spacewalk right before setting US record

Published 10:01 am Wednesday, October 28, 2015

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s yearlong spaceman, Scott Kelly, took his first spacewalk Wednesday just hours before setting a new U.S. flight record.

Kelly and Kjell Lindgren tackled a long overdue list of maintenance chores outside the International Space Station. They removed insulation from an electronic switching unit and covered an antimatter and dark matter detector, before starting a grease job on the station’s big robot arm and some cable routing.

Kelly’s identical twin, Mark, a retired astronaut, urged his brother to be careful but still have fun outside.

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