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On May 12, 2000, two Russian cosmonauts embarked on the 80th and final spacewalk at the Mir space station. <br/><br/>This was also the first commercially financed spacewalk. A private company called Mircorp paid to launch two cosmonauts, Sergei Zalyotin and Alexander Kalery, on the so-called \
On May 12, 2000, two Russian cosmonauts embarked on the 80th and final spacewalk at the Mir space station. <br/><br/>This was also the first commercially financed spacewalk. A private company called Mircorp paid to launch two cosmonauts, Sergei Zalyotin and Alexander Kalery, on the so-called \
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