Tag: Spacewalk
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Astronauts stage second spacewalk in five days
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Randy Bresnik seen in an image from a camera installed Tuesday by spacewalkers outside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Five days after work to replace the grapple fitting on one end of the space station’s robot arm, commander Randy Bresnik and flight engineer Mark…
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Russian cosmonauts complete long spacewalk
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION One of the Russian spacewalkers outside the International Space Station Thursday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Two Russian cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station Thursday, tossed five small science and technology satellites overboard and spent the rest of the excursion servicing external experiments and carrying out routine but…
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NASA spacewalkers triumph over fussy bolt to finish quick space station repair job
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer waves to the camera during a repair spacewalk. (NASA TV) NASA spacewalkers Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer replaced a faulty computer relay box on the International Space Station today, but not before dealing with a problem all too familiar to home fixer-uppers. The box, about the size of a microwave oven,…
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Astronauts replace failed computer in short spacewalk
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Jack Fischer waves to a camera during Tuesday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now After a bit of a struggle with a balky bolt, space station commander Peggy Whitson replaced a failed external computer during a short, hurriedly planned spacewalk Tuesday while crewmate Jack Fischer installed a pair…
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Hurriedly planned ‘contingency’ spacewalk on tap Tuesday
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Space station commander Peggy Whitson and astronaut Jack Fischer are set for a two-and-a-half hour spacewalk Tuesday, a quickly-planned excursion to replace a recently installed external computer that failed Saturday. The 50-pound data relay box, known as a multiplexer-demultiplexer, or MDM, is one of two “tier 2” command…
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Astronauts complete shortened spacewalk outside International Space Station
Astronaut Jack Fischer on Friday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer put on spacesuits Friday and headed outside the International Space Station for several repair and maintenance tasks, but the duo only completed part of their originally planned work after a leaky cooling umbilical delayed the start of their spacewalk.…
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Astronauts complete shortened spacewalk outside International Space Station
Astronaut Jack Fischer on Friday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer put on spacesuits Friday and headed outside the International Space Station for several repair and maintenance tasks, but the duo only completed part of their originally planned work after a leaky cooling umbilical delayed the start of their spacewalk.…
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Spacewalkers cope with lost cover; NASA’s Peggy Whitson sets a women’s record
NASA spacewalkers Peggy Whitson and Shane Kimbrough work on the International Space Station. The astronauts had to improvise a fix to make up for a lost piece of cloth shielding. (NASA TV) NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson set a new record for female spacewalkers at the International Space Station today, during an outing that required a little…
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Spacewalkers help get station ready for space taxis during first of three outings
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet makes contact with the International Space Station’s robotic arm during a spacewalk. (NASA TV) Spacewalkers made progress today on preparations at the International Space Station for the arrival of the first commercial space taxis. During today’s operation, which lasted just over six and a half hours, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and French…
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NASA previews trio of ISS space walks
Watch NASA’s news conference to preview three spacewalks outside the International Space Station planned for late March and early April to prepare for the future arrival of U.S. commercial crew spacecraft and upgrade station hardware. Participants in the briefing are: Kenneth Todd, ISS Operations Integration Manager Emily Nelson, NASA Flight Director Sarah Korona, U.S. EVA…