Boeing Starliner astronauts on extended stay at space station conduct a spacewalk
The Boeing Starliner astronauts took their first spacewalk
This story incorporates reporting from Bill McEwen, Space.com and CNN on MSN.com.NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, currently stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS), have successfully conducted a spacewalk as part of their extended mission.
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Boeing Starliner astronauts on extended stay at space station to conduct a spacewalk
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are conducting a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to remove degraded hardware and swab for microorganisms.
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The vice president leading Boeing's Starliner spacecraft unit, Mark Nappi, has left the troubled program and was replaced by the company's International Space Station program manager, John Mulholland,