Spacewalkers continue station power upgrade
Multiple spacewalks are planned to improve the space station's solar power system.
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Multiple spacewalks are planned to improve the space station's solar power system.
Multiple spacewalks planned to upgrade the space station's aging power system
NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover ventured outside the International Space Station on Monday for a spacewalk to complete battery replacement and install new camera equipment. CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green have details.
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Two NASA astronauts conducted another in a series of spacewalks at the International Space Station on Tuesday. It's part of an ongoing process to upgrade the orbiting space lab. CBSN's Errol Barnett has details.
With their battery replacement work complete, two NASA spacewalkers focus on future upgrades.
With two final spacewalks, a multi-year upgrade of the space station's power system will finally be complete.
Spacewalking astronauts are picking up where they left off, with another round of space station battery replacements.
Two NASA astronauts conducted a spacewalk Friday to upgrade the power system on the International Space Station. CBSN has details.
The space station's new batteries should keep the lab running smoothly for the remainder of its orbital life.
President Trump congratulated NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir in a phone call from the White House as the two wrapped up the first all-female spacewalk in history. Mr. Trump also talked about plans for future NASA missions to the moon and Mars.
Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir floated outside the International Space Station on Wednesday for history's second all-female spacewalk, installing two powerful new lithium-ion batteries on the far left end of the lab's solar power truss. CBSN Los Angeles reports.
Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, spent most of his life after his moonwalk shunning attention, thought he still took the time to respond to some of the tens of thousands of letters he received in the years afterward. Some of those interactions are compiled in a new book, “Dear Neil Armstrong,” and could reveal a lot about Armstrong and even ourselves. Jeff Glor speaks to James Hansen, Armstrong's official biographer who spent years going through the trove of letters.
The last in a series of spacewalks should put a $2 billion scientific instrument back in business.
NASA resumes battery replacement work aboard the International Space Station with the second all-female spacewalk.
New pumps are needed to revive the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and give it a new lease on life.
Astronauts carry out second of four spacewalks to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, the costliest science instrument aboard the International Space Station
Four spacewalks will be needed to repair the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer