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Spacewalkers remove faulty space station pump module ahead of schedule [i]Astronauts working speedily outside the International Space Station removed a malfunctioning pump module ahead of schedule, potentially ruling out the need for a Christmas Day spacewalk to continue repairs to the orbiting outpost's critical cooling system. Expedition 38 flight engineers Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins ventured outside of the station at 6:01 a.m. CST (1101 GMT) Saturday (Dec. 21), just ten days after a flow control valve ceased working properly inside the ammonia pump module they were set to remove and replace during another six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk on Monday. Saturday's spacewalk came to its end at 11:29 a.m. CST (1729 GMT), five hours and 28 minutes after it began.[/i]
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