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A view from mission specialist Stephen Robinson's helmet on Aug. 3 shows him holding one of two protruding pieces of gap filler that he removed from between two heat shield tiles during the third of three spacewalks.

A view from mission specialist Stephen Robinson’s helmet on Aug. 3 shows him holding one of two protruding pieces of gap filler that he removed from between two heat shield tiles during the third of three spacewalks.  (AFP/Getty Images/NASA TV)

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In-Space Interview

Astronauts John Phillips, top left, Steve Robinson, front left, and commander Eileen Collins, front right, listen to Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi answer a question during a televised press conference from the International space station July 31, 2005.  (NASA TV / AP)

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