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    EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3:30 p.m. EDT (1930 GMT) after end of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Jessica Meir during Friday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir carried out history’s first all-female spacewalk Friday, floating outside the International Space Station and successfully installing a 230-pound replacement battery…

  • All-female spacewalk on tap this week

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    EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT) after NASA media teleconference. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Christina Koch inside a spacesuit before a spacewalk earlier this month. Credit: NASA Two NASA astronauts will take part in the first all-female spacewalk this week, a critical outing to restore lost power in…

  • Morgan, Koch continue battery replacement work on spacewalk

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    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…

  • Astronauts complete extra work on first in series of battery upgrade spacewalks

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    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…

  • First all-female spacewalk on tap later this month

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    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…

  • HTV delivers batteries and experiments to space station

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    Japan’s eighth HTV supply ship was captured by the International Space Station’s Canadian-built robotic arm at 7:12 a.m. EDT (1112 GMT) Saturday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Japan’s eighth robotic resupply mission to the International Space Station arrived at its destination Saturday, delivering six fresh lithium-ion batteries, science experiments, CubeSats and other gear to the research…

  • Photos: SpaceX completes resupply run to International Space Station

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    A SpaceX Dragon capsule packed with more than 5,000 pounds of hardware, provisions and experiments launched July 25 from Cape Canaveral and arrived at the International Space Station two days later. The Dragon spacecraft lifted off at 6:01:56 p.m. EDT (2201:56 GMT) July 25 on top of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral’s Complex…

  • Hague, Koch complete another spacewalk to connect new batteries

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    EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) after end of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Nick Hague outside the International Space Station during Friday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now With plans for the first all-female spacewalk derailed by suit sizing issues, astronauts Christina Koch and Nick Hague floated outside…

  • First all-female spacewalk foiled by spacesuit sizing issue

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    EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated March 27 with McClain’s comments. NASA astronauts Christina Koch (left) and Nick Hague (right) during a spacesuit fit check March 18 aboard the International Space Station. Anne McClain assisted the astronauts in the suit-up procedure. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Nick Hague will take the place of Anne McClain on a spacewalk Friday…

  • Space station crew back at six with successful Soyuz docking

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques captured this view of the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft before docking Thursday. Credit: David Saint-Jacques A Russian cosmonaut and his NASA co-pilot, five months after riding out a dramatic launch abort last October, finally made it into orbit Thursday and, along with a NASA astronaut…