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They were visible to the naked eye across the UK and countries in the mid-northern latitudes, including parts of the US.
The spacewalkers will be involved in collecting residue samples from various locations outside the Russian segment of the station and install handrails and struts to facilitate future excursions.
While people in the US are buzzing with excitement over the eclipse, sky gazers and space enthusiasts in India are quite disappointed about not being able to witness such a rare phenomenon.
Besides India, the celestial event will be visible in Asia, Europe, and Africa as well.
The spacewalk was the ninth of Whitson's career. She holds the record for most spacewalks by a woman.
Spacewalks usually last about six and a half hours, but Friday's would be "abbreviated" due to the late start and would last about four hours.
Pesquet's career's debut spacewalk was performed alongside NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and if the images he shared later are anything to go by, looks like he had the time of his life.
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