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Thousands of things. as you mentioned, scott and chel, it's their first time outside. normally one of them has gone out before. so that's a big deal to try to get every detail right. they're talking to tracy caldwell dyson. she's done three spacewalks. she's down in houston mission control to try to keep everything straight. the two new american spaceships, the starliner and dragon coming up in the next couple of years, they have to dock with different mechanisms. so the guys are out there to put up a bunch of new wires to power up those docking mechanisms. so they're electricians today, a lit...

Their sunday. these guys are 220 miles above the earth. the amount of cable work they're doing has never been done before. the commander and terri virts are installing nearly 800. today's space walk comes after two earlier this week. nasa hasn't conducted this many in such a short amount of time since its formal shuttle days. nasa spent two days analyzing water leaks in a helmet that happened after wednesday's space walk. they decided it was condensation and the astronauts were never in any danger. their working on cables for new docking mechanisms that will be used by commercial crew ships be...