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Sep 3, 2009 3:20 pm US/Pacific

Astronauts Embark On Spacewalk Despite Space Junk

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Click to enlarge 1 of 4: Flight engineer Nicole Stott of the space shuttle Discovery works during a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk performed overnight between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning Sept. 1, 2009.
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Click to enlarge 2 of 4: The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from launch pad 39-A on August 28, 2009 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Click to enlarge 3 of 4: Space shuttle Discovery crew: (right to left) commander Rick Sturckow, pilot Kevin Ford, mission specialists Patrick Forrester, Jose Hernandez, Nicole Stott and Danny Olivas at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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Click to enlarge 4 of 4: The Space Shuttle Discovery stands on launch pad 39-A as it is prepared for launch after three earlier attempts were scrubbed at the at the Kennedy Space Center, on Aug.28, 2009, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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NASA Preps Space Shuttle For Early Morning Launch

A spacewalk by two astronauts began at 6:12 p.m. ET Thursday evening even though a large piece of space junk was headed their way.

The spacewalk is scheduled to last 6.5 hours, according to NASA's Web Site.

More: Second Spacewalk Of STS-128 Mission Begins

Part of an old European rocket is expected to pass within two miles of space shuttle Discovery and the international space station late Friday morning.

NASA officials say that should be a safe distance. Flight controllers are confident they won't need to change the course of the linked spacecraft.

The debris is believed to have an area surface of 200 square feet.

Astronauts Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang will install a new ammonia tank outside the space station. It will be the second spacewalk of the mission.

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