The astronaut Atlantis makes two space walks

On June 13, astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steve Swanson on the Atlantis ship made a second walk outside the International Space Station (ISS) to repair and install new equipment for the station.

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Astronaut Steve Swanson is working on a space walk on June 13.Photo from NASA television (Photo: AP)

Earlier, June 11, two astronauts John "Danny" Olivas and Jim Reilly successfully completed the first space walk to install a new power supply system for the ISS.

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Two astronauts Jim Reilly (bottom) and John 'Danny' Olivas on the 11-6 spacewalk walk (Photo: NASA / AP)

According to the VNA, ISS is considered an important step to prepare for the plan to explore Mars.NASA plans to launch at least 13 more shuttles to complete ISS construction, at a cost of up to $ 100 billion, by 2010.

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