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International space station, the second in a series of space walks. that walk began just before 7:00 eastern. they're actually trying to replace a pump that's not working. at one point there was a bit of a glitch and some ammonia residue seeped into their space suits, forcing the astronauts to air out the suits before actually re-entering the station. former astronaut told us last hour that the safety precaution is especially important. >> now, it gets on their suits and, you know, needs to be baked out to make sure you don't bring that ammonia back into the cabin inside of the international s...

You're looking at from space and they are amazing. it's been nearly two weeks of high drama for nasa. first a crucial pump malfunction, then to further complicate matters they couldn't finish the repairs this weekend because of problems with one of the space suits. what is the latest on this complicated mission? >> we know the spare module or pump is already point signatures and now they are continuing to work to properly install and hook it up to the international space station. astronaut rick mastracchio and michael hopkins are trying wrap up the job they started on saturday when they remove...

Jamie: two astronauts are out on a space walk at the international space station. they are trying to configure the faulty space suit for the astronauts. if all goes as planned a third space walk won't be necessary. treacherous work, phil. are they doing okay? those space suits, are they dry inside? >> reporter: all systems dry so far. instead of the two previous space walks where water was a serious threat. in july water filled the helmet of an astronaut and friday after the space walk. one of the astronauts noticed he

No, they weren't. however, we're talking about a space suit that was filling up with water, right? now there's safeguards of a snorkel inside those space suits. >> right. well, the space walkers were never in any danger in today's space walk. of course, the previous space walk where the helmet was filling up with water, that was a dangerous situation. nasa came up with some work around, contingency plans in case that would happen again today. they had a bit of a stuck connector, trying to get that off of this temporary mounting place. as you could see, they were able to work with the problem w...

In the world's most populous country. apple struck a deal with china mobile which has around 700 million customers. the iphone 5s and 5c will be available to china mobile users beginning on january 17th. with presales starts on wednesday. nasa says the second emergency space walk is set for tuesday. astronauts spent several hours saturday working on a replacement for a broken cooling pump. without the pump, some of the stations' electronics have been shut down. the second space walk was originally scheduled for monday. but that's being delayed while they make adjustments to one of the space ...