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NASA astronaut Tim Kopra checks his wrist-mounted checklist with picture of his family during the spacewalk to replace a failed voltage regulator on the International Space Station. In the background ESA astronaut Tim Peake can be seen with the British flag on his spacesuit. This was Tim Peake's first spacewalk.
They replaced the Sequential Shunt Unit by the book at 14:57 GMT on 15 January 2015.