British astronaut ‘thrilled’ to be given task of replacing broken solar-power unit external craft travelling at 17,500mphTim Peake is to note his first month on the International Space Station by climbing into a spacesuit and taking a walk external.Britain’s first European Space Agency astronaut has been called on to perform a six-hour “extra-vehicular activity” (EVA) to replace a broken solar-power unit and lay cables for future docking ports.
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Source: theguardian.com