World headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Working in the most unforgiving environment known to man, two american astronauts spent part of this day performing a dramatic Emergency Repair job outside the International Space station. The pictures of a space walk were stunning. The task itself, critical. Replacing a piece of hardware that could prove vital to keeping the space station livable. All with people around the planet looking over their shoulders via a live nasa video stream. The job isnt finished yet and there are more space walks to come. Meantime adding more drama to the day was the fact that this was the first space walk since a pretty close call for another astronaut last july. Nbcs tom costello reports. Go to egress. Reporter 230 miles above the earth today a high stakes space walk at 17,000 miles per hour. Safety cover and i see mike hanging out and ive got a good visual on you. Reporter almost immediately the walk went better
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