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Of three space walks underway to replace a critical cooling pump on the international space station. so far theyve removed the lines and unhooked the hoses overcoming earlier problems with this high-flying repair job. thats a bit of an understatement really. tom jones is a fox news contributor, also the author of plantology. so nice to see you. >> hi, jenna. jen youve dealt with a similar problem, what can you tell us about that? >> we had a leak when we were installing the u.s. destiny laborato...

System on the right-hand side of the space station. today they overcame that problem by reducing the pressure in the ammonia line, and that allowed them to remove the connector without experiencing that same leak, so theyre over the hump. jenna: so doug and tracy doing a lot of work, how challenging is it to do this repair? >> well, they have a lot of practice underwater back on earth training to operate in the weightless environment of space, but theres a real challenge out there when youre doi...

Want to apply to this delicate hardware, but that was the only course. that brute force method succeeded. jenna: you know, tom, were looking at live pictures, were not sure who this is through. previous shots were through dougs camera on his helmet as hes trying to do some of these repairs. as youve been out there in space doing some of these repairs, whats going through their minds right now? >> well, they are, i think, gratified that this connector came off today, now they can proceed with rem...