Korolyov - A Russian and a French cosmonaut struggled through a gruelling space walk yesterday, overcoming numerous technical blips to replace test apparatus on the exterior of the Mir space station.
Mr Jean-Pierre Haignere and Cmdr Viktor Afanasyev took their five-hour space walk well into overtime due to delays caused by equipment malfunctioning and experimental failure. Officials at this mission control centre near Moscow expressed satisfaction that the majority of the tests had been conducted successfully.