Russian astronautsOlegKotovand Sergey Ryazanskiy ventured outside the International Space Station to install an HD camera.<\/p>\n
Two Russian space station astronauts took a spacewalk Monday to complete a camera job left undone last month, but ran into new trouble. <\/p>\n
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OlegKotovand Sergey Ryazanskiy successfully installed one of two commercially provided cameras for Earth observations, a task requiring multiple power connections outside the International Space Station. Everything checked out well with this high-definition camera, unlike the post-Christmas spacewalk where there was no data stream. <\/p>\n
But the second, medium-resolution camera did not provide good data to ground controllers after Monday's hookup. <\/p>\n
Ryazanskiy redid the electrical connections to no avail. He spotted no damage. <\/p>\n
\"I put everything in place as it used to be, maybe even better,\" Ryazanskiy radioed. \"I think it's much better.\" <\/p>\n
But still, the data link was flawed. <\/p>\n
\"Sergey, don't overdo it there,\" Russian Mission Control said, warning him not to damage the connectors. <\/p>\n
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