Tag: Mike Hopkins

  • Spacewalkers vent coolant lines and mate cables outside space station

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Soichi Noguchi shared this photo of astronaut Victor Glover on a spacewalk Saturday, with this caption: “FLY NAVY! IKE@AstroVicGloversoars over US LAB module.” Credit: Soichi Noguchi/JAXA/NASA Struggling with balky electrical connectors, spacewalker Mike Hopkins managed to plug in and secure three of four thick power and data…

  • Spacewalkers upgrade station cameras, complete battery work

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Victor Glover works outside the International Space Station on Feb. 1, 2021. Image: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now. Astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover floated back outside the International Space Station Monday and completed solar array battery replacement work that began four years ago. They also installed three new video…

  • SpaceX supply ship completes journey to space station

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    ESA astronaut Homas Pesquet tweeted this image of the Dragon spacecraft hovering just below the space station Thursday. Credit: Thomas Pesquet/ESA/NASA Running a day late after aborting a rendezvous to resolve a navigation glitch, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft made a smooth final approach to the International Space Station on Thursday, floating in range of the…

  • SpaceX waves off space station cargo delivery for a day

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    File photo of a SpaceX Dragon supply ship on final approach to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship, loaded with nearly 5,500 pounds of cargo and experiments, aborted an approach to the International Space Station on Wednesday after encountering a problem in its GPS navigation system. The gumdrop-shaped, solar-powered spacecraft was…