Tag: Spacewalk
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Station astronauts install new cameras on successful spacewalk
Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev took this photo of astronaut Drew Feustel on Thursday’s spacewalk. Credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos Two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station Thursday and installed two new cameras on the front of the lab complex that will provide views of commercial crew ships during final approach and docking. The spacewalkers also replaced a…
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Spacewalkers install HD video cameras to monitor future SpaceX and Boeing trips
NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold looks out from the International Space Station’s Quest airlock at the beginning of a spacewalk. (Oleg Artemyev / Roscosmos via Twitter) News Brief: NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold installed new high-definition video cameras on the exterior of the International Space Station today during a spacewalk that lasted nearly seven…
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Astronauts reposition space station cooling pumps on successful spacewalk
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT) after end of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts work outside the International Space Station on Wednesday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Two astronauts worked outside the International Space Station Wednesday to reposition two spare solar array ammonia coolant pump assemblies, putting a failed…
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Spacewalkers accomplish all objectives in six-hour excursion
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) after the conclusion of the spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Drew Feustel, seen here wearing a spacesuit with red stripes, works outside the International Space Station Thursday. Credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos Two newly arrived space station astronauts, both veteran spacewalkers, ventured outside the…
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Spacewalkers accomplish all objectives in six-hour excursion
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) after the conclusion of the spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Drew Feustel, seen here wearing a spacesuit with red stripes, works outside the International Space Station Thursday. Credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos Two newly arrived space station astronauts, both veteran spacewalkers, ventured outside the…
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Cosmonauts toss out antenna box, install a new one during longest Russian spacewalk
News Brief: A pair of Russian cosmonauts today conducted their nation’s longest-ever spacewalk to replace an electronics box for a high-gain antenna on the International Space Station’s Russian-made Zvezda module. The old box was thrown outward on a trajectory that’s not expected to imperil the station, but it took some doing to get the new…
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Spacewalkers put new hand on robot arm
News Brief: NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle spent nearly seven and a half hours on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to install a new “hand” on the station’s robotic arm. The 440-pound hand, known as a latching end effector, is one of two appendages on either end of the Canadian-built…
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Iconic free-flying shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless passes away at the age of 80
News Brief: Retired astronaut Bruce McCandless II, the first astronaut to fly untethered from his spacecraft, has died at the age of 80. NASA said McCandless passed away on Thursday in California, but gave no cause of death. The former naval aviator flew in space twice. During a spacewalk in 1984, McCandless tested a hand-controlled…
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Former astronaut Bruce McCandless dies
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Official portrait showing astronaut Bruce McCandless II, attired in the shuttle Extravehicular Activity (EVA) suit with Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) attached and American flag in background. Credit: NASA Former astronaut Bruce McCandless II, a retired Navy captain and son of a Medal of Honor winner who joined NASA…
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Astronauts wrap up spacewalk, accomplishing all primary tasks
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) after spacewalk’s conclusion. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Joe Acaba works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk Friday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Staging NASA’s third spacewalk in 15 days, two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station Friday and installed a…