Lost in space: debris shield bag floats away from astronauts during ISS spacewalk
by Reuters from on (#2HNHG)
US astronauts were halfway through their mission to prepare a docking port for upcoming commercial space taxis when they lost a bag of equipment
A 1.5m (5ft) debris shield being installed on the International Space Station has floated away during a spacewalk by two veteran US astronauts.
Peggy Whitson, who became the world's most experienced female spacewalker during the outing, told ground control teams that a bag containing the debris shield floated away at about 10am EDT/1400 GMT on Thursday.
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