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Video preview of Tim Peake’s spacewalk

15 January 2016 Astronomy Now

Watch lead spacewalk officer at NASA’s mission Paul Dum provided a step-by-step preview of Tim Peake and Tim Kopra’s spacewalk to make repairs to the International Space Station.

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  • Witness to history: Artemis II, lunar exploration and hope
    2 April 2026
  • Artificial Intelligence uncovers more than 100 new worlds in NASA data
    25 March 2026
  • XRISM solves gamma-Cas’s 50-year X-ray mystery
    24 March 2026
  • Molten lava world points to new class of planet
    16 March 2026
  • Dr Allan Chapman (1946-2026)
    26 January 2026

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