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Added on the 16/06/2021 18:06:48 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Shane Kimbrough perform their second spacewalk on the International Space Station, as part of the Alpha mission, to continue the installation of a solar array outside the station. IMAGES
"All the ground teams really across the world made it easy on us to live and work onboard the ISS," astronaut Thomas Pesquet says during a change of command ceremony aboard the International Space Station. SOUNDBITE
Sultan AlNeyadi of the United Arab Emirates becomes the first Arab astronaut to conduct a spacewalk as he exits an International Space Station module and joins NASA astronaut Steve Bowen to perform work aiming to upgrade the ISS's power generation capabilities. IMAGES
Roscosmos broadcasts images of Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov performing a spacewalk outside the ISS. IMAGES
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet says that "it's really unbelievable to be here on the Space Station", adding that the crew onboard the ISS "can't wait" to start their work. SOUNDBITES