Cosmonaut Throws Away Obsolete Hardware Into Space During Spacewalk

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During a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev jettisoned a 5-kilogram bundle of obsolete hardware into the vacuum of space.  Credit: NASA | mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta

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00:00 If you are sure about the direction of jettison, then yes.

00:08 All right.

00:10 And there it goes.

00:12 Excellent.

00:13 All right, bye-bye.

00:19 Just flies beautifully.

00:25 And we are monitoring.

00:28 That would be a new star.

00:30 Yeah, it's actually quite shiny.

00:33 We see the-- then yes.

00:47 All right.

00:49 And there it goes.

00:50 Excellent.

00:51 All right, bye-bye.

00:57 Just flies beautifully.

01:03 And we are monitoring.

01:06 That would be a new star.

01:09 Yeah, it's actually quite shiny.

01:12 [ Music ]

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