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The threat of space debris delays a spacewalk by NASA astronauts

Two NASA astronauts were scheduled for a Tuesday morning spacewalk to fix a faulty antenna on the International Space Station. But the threat of space debris has delayed those plans.
International Space Station is seen over a blue and white Earth, taken shortly after the Space Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the orbital outpost.

Two NASA astronauts were scheduled for a Tuesday morning spacewalk outside the International Space Station, but the possibility of space debris delayed their plans.

Astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron were scheduled.

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