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Russian cosmonauts set up X-ray detector, jettison garbage on spacewalk outside ISS
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Russian cosmonauts set up X-ray detector, jettison garbage on spacewalk outside ISS

A Russian cosmonaut launches a package of garbage throughout a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Dec. 19, 2024. (Image credit: NASA+) A Russian cosmonaut took a brief trip at the end of a robotic arm to reject used devices that he and a crewmate gathered throughout a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (Dec. 19).Exploration 72 flight engineer Alexey Ovchinin protected his feet at one end of the European Robotic Arm (ERA) towards completion of his and Ivan Vagner's seven-hour extravehicular activity (EVA) today. Fellow Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexsandr Gorbunov managed the 37-foot-long (11.3 meters) arm's motion from inside the spaceport station.At the wanted point, Ovchinin tossed the package of no longer required electrical ports, covers and an exper...
Last Living Member Of First Mount Everest Summit Team Says It’s Now Too Crowded, Dirty
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Last Living Member Of First Mount Everest Summit Team Says It’s Now Too Crowded, Dirty

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP)-- The only making it through member of the mountaineering exploration that initially dominated Mount Everest stated Saturday that the world's greatest peak is too congested and filthy, and the mountain is a god that requires to be appreciated.Kanchha Sherpa, 91, was amongst the 35 members in the group that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak on May 29, 1953."It would be much better for the mountain to minimize the variety of climbers," Kanchha stated in an interview in Kathmandu on Saturday, "Right now there is constantly a huge crowd of individuals at the top."Because the very first conquest, the peak has actually been climbed up countless times, and it gets more congested every year. Throughout...