CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space station’s two Russian astronauts stepped outside for the second time in less than a week Tuesday, taking a spacewalk that proved to be tame compared to last week’s work with explosives.

Although Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko had a lengthy to-do list, none of the chores were notably complicated or dangerous this time around.

They quickly installed a docking target to be used when a new Russian mini research module arrives next year and the crew size doubles. But Kononenko had trouble taking pictures of the target; he couldn’t aim his camera the right way as he dangled at the end of a 50-foot boom, his body rotating at times.

With Volkov steering the boom from its base and Kononenko on the opposite end, the two looked as though they were riding a giant seesaw.

“I don’t know what the camera is going to cover, but I’m taking pictures,” Kononenko said.

Russia’s Mission Control outside Moscow urged the spacewalkers to photograph themselves as well. “Beloved,” Mission Control teased.

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