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International space station where astronauts are installing some new batteries. we have more here on earth hi, jackie. >> hi eric it is the first in a series of ten space walks planned over next three months to complete repair and upgrades the international space station on today mission astronaut christina cooke and andrew morgan for six and a half hours they'll exit the station's quest air lock in their space suits and begin work on the port six trust structure. replacing nickel hydrogen battery with more powerful lithium-ion battery and solar powered to keep station on when it is not in the...

Able to fix it. as you mentioned, they had been able to eyeball it this time, and they can see those tiny white flakes, which is ammonia, leaking from what they believe is around a pump area on the space station. what they decided to do was go out right away, very quickly get to the space walk. the reason they're doing it so quickly is because, once the ammonia leaks out from that area where it is, they won't be able to find it again because the pinprick hole, the size is so small. they want to be able to go out there and hopefully be able to identify it, find it. they may even replace a pump ...