MIAMI: A pair of American astronauts Saturday wrapped up the first of three spacewalks to route cables outside the International Space Station so commercial spaceships carrying crew can dock there in the coming years.

The spacewalk bega at 7:45 am (1245 GMT) when Barry "Butch" Wilmore and flight engineer Terry Virts placed their suits on internal battery power, NASA said.

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