Two spacewalkers begin mission

Cape Canaveral - A US astronaut and Russian cosmonaut took the walk of a lifetime yesterday, 11 storeys up the International …

Cape Canaveral - A US astronaut and Russian cosmonaut took the walk of a lifetime yesterday, 11 storeys up the International Space Station, 370 km above Earth.

Astronaut Edward Lu and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko left the safety of the shuttle's airlock shortly before 4 a.m. Irish time.

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