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One week after becoming the first French woman to walk in space, Sophie Adeneau was back outside the International Space Station, this time to finish the job
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Adeneau and NASA astronaut Anil Minan spent six and a half hours outside the station Tuesday, replacing a failed communications antenna
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The dish provides a high-speed data link between the station and mission control in Houston
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Now, the pair tried to finish the job during Adano's first spacewalk last week
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but stubborn bolts and connectors slowed them down. They managed to remove the failed antenna, but ran out of time before they could install the new one
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So Tuesday, they went back out. This time, Manon and Adano retrieved the spare antenna
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installed it, and hooked it up to the station's power and data systems. They also moved the failed unit to a storage platform
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and early checks show the new antenna is working, restoring the backup the station lost when the old one failed
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Tuesday's spacewalk was Adano's second and Menon's third
