| Source: | ABC News |
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| Published: | Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:42 AEDT |
| Expires: | Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:42 AEDT |
Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Stephen Bowen, from NASA's Endeavour shuttle, have free-floated 340km above Earth to start fixing the International Space Station's solar wings.
ABC News Online takes a look at the big stories from 2008.
Want to know more about the Sydney Festival? Ask our blogger Antonette Collins.
Hundreds of Elvis impersonators have boarded a train from Sydney to Parkes for an annual festival.
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