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Two astronauts, Robert Behnken and Mike Foreman, from the US shuttle Endeavour successfully completed the fifth and final spacewalk of their mission at 02:36 GMT Sunday.
They successfully attached the Orbitor Boom Sensor System (OBSS), a sensory boom to the outside of the International Space Station.

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Astronauts Robert Behnken and Michael Foreman  prepare for fifth spacewalk
Mission Specialists Robert L. Behnken and Mike Foreman will begin that spacewalk at 5:23 p.m. EDT. Their tasks include stowing the OBSS on the stations S1 Truss, where it will be picked up by the STS-124 crew aboard space shuttle Discovery, set to launch in May.

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Two spacewalking astronauts pulled out a caulk gun and high-tech putty and tested a method for patching shuttle thermal tiles.
It was the fourth spacewalk since Endeavour arrived at the international space station just over a week ago to deliver a robot and the first section of a Japanese lab.

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The astronauts on the orbiting shuttle-station complex geared up Thursday for the fourth spacewalk of their mission, a high-profile test of a repair technique they hope they never have to use.

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Two astronauts. Rick Linnehan and Robert Behnkenat, at the International space station  started  the third spacewalk,  32 minutes ahead of schedule,  at 22:51 GMT, on Monday. Their mission was to finalise the assembly on Dextre, the Canadian double-armed robot.
 The fourth  spacewalk is scheduled for  Thursday.

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Dextre (also known as the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM)) is a two armed robot, or telemanipulator, which is part of the Mobile Servicing System and extends the function of this system to replace some activities otherwise requiring spacewalks.

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Spacewalking astronauts brought a robotic handyman to life outside the international space station overnight, swinging the big partially assembled machine into a sitting position and attaching two arms.
Dextre, a $209 million Canadian creation, was designed to take on some of the repair duties normally assigned to spacewalking astronauts.
Astronauts Rick Linnehan and Mike Foreman transformed Dextre's pieces into a single gleaming 12-foot tall mechanism with outstretched arms and a menacing appearance.
The 2nd Spacewalk was completed successfully shortly before 07:00GMT this morning.

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The International Space Station's new $210 million robot, a two-armed giant named Dextre, refused to come to life on command Thursday, jeopardizing NASA's plans to get the robot up and running over the next week.
Mission Control tried to power up the robot's pieces early Thursday soon after they were installed on the station, but there was no response. Engineers plan to make a software fix sometime after 5 a.m. ET Friday that might wake the robot from its sleep.

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Two astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) have begun their first space walk.
Hours after arriving aboard the shuttle Endeavour, Richard Linnehan and Garrett Reisman are undertaking two operations.

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A pair of astronauts ventured out Thursday night on the first spacewalk of Endeavours space station mission despite a problem getting power to a giant robot that they needed to assemble

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