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COCKEYSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) - A Cockeysville native will take part in the first of three spacewalks this October.
Reid Wiseman, a NASA astronaut, will work outside the International Space Station for about 6-1/2 hours Tuesday, alongside Alexander Gerst, of the European Space Agency. Wiseman is a flight engineer with NASA.
According to NASA, they are set to relocate a failed pump module and install gear that provides back up power to external robotics equipment.
The walk began around t 8:10 a.m. and you can watch it live on NASA's website here.
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