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ISS: the first space walk completed successfully

Cape Canaveral, Usa - "It's an amazing experience"

"It has been an amazing experience to me. I felt like flying up side down above the Earth", said Franklin Chang-Diaz, the Us astronaut who, together with his French fellow Philippe Perin, yesterday completed successfully his first space-walk outside the ISS, International Space Station Alpha. This first Extra Vehicular Activity (Eva), which has been carried out in order to install anti-meteorites panels...

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Rome, Italy, 06/11/2002 11:03
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