Tag: Andrew Morgan
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Cygnus freighter delivers new British-made antenna to International Space Station
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship was captured using the space station’s robotic arm at 4:05 a.m. EST (0905 GMT) Tuesday. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now A commercial Cygnus cargo freighter arrived at the International Space Station Tuesday two-and-a-half days after launching from Virginia’s Eastern Shore, delivering a new British-made high-speed communications antenna and…
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Astronauts finish repairs to space station cosmic ray detector
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 1:40 p.m. EST (1840 GMT) after end of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION This view was captured by a helmet camera on one of the astronauts on Saturday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now During a fourth spacewalk Saturday to wrap up repairs of the coolant system in a $2…
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Astronauts perform third spacewalk to fix cosmic ray detector
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3:30 p.m. EST (2030 GMT) after conclusion of spacewalk. Astronaut Luca Parmitano rides the space station’s robotic arm during Monday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now After prepping their patient — a $2 billion cosmic ray detector — during two earlier spacewalks, two space station astronauts…
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Spacewalkers continue repair of cosmic ray detector
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 2:15 p.m. EST (1915 GMT) after end of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano rides the space station’s Canadian-built robotic arm during a spacewalk Friday. Credit: NASA In a complex bit of orbital surgery, two spacewalking astronauts cut into a $2 billion cosmic ray detector Friday,…
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Astronauts complete bonus objectives in first in series of AMS repair spacewalks
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan is perched on the end of the space station’s robotic arm during Friday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA Two astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station Friday for the first of four spacewalks to repair a $2 billion cosmic ray detector, breezing through work to prep…
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Complex spacewalk repair work begins Friday
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano are gearing up for a spacewalk Friday to begin repairing the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer instrument outside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA After four years of brainstorming, custom tool development and training, two astronauts plan to venture…
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Repair equipment for particle physics experiment aboard next station cargo launch
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer instrument has been collecting data on the International Space Station since 2011. Credit: NASA Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship set for liftoff Saturday will deliver to the International Space Station the final hardware for a series of ambitious spacewalks later this month to install a new coolant system on the Alpha…
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Morgan, Koch continue battery replacement work on spacewalk
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) after conclusion of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA Astronauts Drew Morgan and Christina Koch floated back outside the International Space Station Friday and completed work to replace six aging batteries with three more powerful units in one of the lab’s eight solar…
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Astronauts complete extra work on first in series of battery upgrade spacewalks
Credit: A view of the P6 truss on the International Space Station, with the HTV battery pallet on the end of the robotic arm. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Astronauts Christina Koch and Andrew Morgan floated outside the International Space Station Sunday and completed a 7-hour, 1-minute spacewalk to begin replacing batteries on the far left…
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First all-female spacewalk on tap later this month
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch will step outside the International Space Station on Oct. 21 on the first spacewalk with an all-female crew. Credit: NASA/Christina Koch After a spacesuit sizing problem prevented an all-female spacewalk earlier this year, astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will get…