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Astronauts are Going to Check if There are Microbes on the Outside of the Station


y January 30th, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are doing a 6.5-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Among other goals, they'll be collecting surface samples from the station to analyze for the presence of microbes.

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