Humans in Space: 10 Amazing Spacewalk Photos


	Humans in Space: 10 Amazing Spacewalk Photos
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5-14-2009 5:35 PM
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5-15-2009 4:19 AM
merrie
Pretty awesome stuff, considering that they're floating weightlessly in space, yet they take time out to take photos.
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