Astronauts return to space station after maintenance mission
AFP, August, 2004
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MOSCOW (AFP) — The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) returned to the station from a space walk unflustered that the station had veered off its usual orbit during the operation, a ground control official said.
US astronaut Michael Finke and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalk spent around five hours outside the station carrying out maintenance work and installing equipment to enable a European cargo vessel to dock alongside next year, said Vladimir Solovyov, a senior official at mission control.
"The spacewalk was completed ahead of schedule because the astronauts carried out their tasks faster than planned," Solovyov was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying in Moscow.
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Scientists are still trying to work out why the station briefly lost radio contact with mission control and veered off its regular orbit during the operation, he added.
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