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Re:Live: ISS Spacewalk by Diederich on Friday April 19, 2013 @11:30AM (#5577160)
The ISS orbits every 90 minutes. Any non-trivial space-walk will be in darkness at least part of the time.
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Re:Live: ISS Spacewalk by jamesmontalvo3 on Friday April 19, 2013 @05:43PM (#5578840)
Depending upon the Beta Angle [1], the spacewalk could be in sunlight the entire time (though that's rare). It could be in darkness up to about 50% of the time.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_angle

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