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[ad_1] Wearing bulky spacesuits, two Russian cosmonauts used the International Space Station’s Poisk docking compartment for the first time Wednesday on a spacewalk to begin preparing the nearly identical Pirs module for removal next year. A new laboratory module will subsequently be parked in its place. Expedition 64 commander Sergey …

[ad_1] Two Russian cosmonauts prepared for a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Wednesday to begin preparing the Pirs airlock and docking compartment for removal next year to make way for connecting a new lab module. The excursion, which will begin around 9:30 am EST, will also validate the …