Spacewalk begins final phase of power upgrade

The space station's new batteries should keep the lab running smoothly for the remainder of its orbital life.

• Jun 26, 2020

First all-female spacewalk to take place Friday

NASA announced the first all-female spacewalk will take place Friday and unveiled a new spacesuit for the moon and Mars. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN from the Kennedy Space Center with details.

• Oct 17, 2019
• 3:06

Trump talks to astronauts during spacewalk

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.

• Oct 18, 2019
• 8:46

NASA's first spacewalk of 2020 completed

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.

• Jan 15, 2020
• 0:24

Book compiles letters sent to Neil Armstrong

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.

• Apr 11, 2020
• 5:43

Astronauts perform spacewalk to fix $2 billion cosmic ray detector

The last in a series of spacewalks should put a $2 billion scientific instrument back in business.

• Jan 25, 2020

Second all-female spacewalk devoted to space station battery replacements

NASA resumes battery replacement work aboard the International Space Station with the second all-female spacewalk.

• Jan 15, 2020

Astronauts replace coolant pumps on $2 billion cosmic ray detector

New pumps are needed to revive the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and give it a new lease on life.

• Dec 2, 2019

Spacewalkers continue repair of cosmic ray detector

Astronauts carry out second of four spacewalks to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, the costliest science instrument aboard the International Space Station

• Nov 22, 2019

Spacewalkers do "open heart surgery" to repair cosmic ray detector

Four spacewalks will be needed to repair the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

• Nov 15, 2019

Astronauts say all-female spacewalk a sign of the times

Historic spacewalk shows increasing diversity at NASA and across the science and technology world

• Oct 21, 2019

Historic all-female spacewalk a milestone for NASA

NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir got a congratulatory phone call from President Trump

• Oct 18, 2019

First all-female spacewalk on tap this week

The historic outing will be the first by two female astronauts

• Oct 18, 2019

Historic all-female spacewalk, by the numbers

Facts and figures about NASA's first all-female spacewalk

• Oct 17, 2019

Spacewalkers complete work swapping batteries

The spacewalk comes amid news Alexei Leonov, history's first spacewalker, has died at 85

• Oct 11, 2019

NASA starts spacewalks to replace station batteries

The new batteries will help extend the space station's life through the 2020s

• Oct 6, 2019

Cosmonauts honor spacewalk pioneer on eve of 85th birthday

Cosmonauts dedicate spacewalk to Alexey Leonov, who carried out the first spacewalk in 1965

• May 29, 2019

Spacewalking astronauts upgrade the ISS

Two crew members ventured outside the International Space Station on Monday to work on the power and communications systems. It was the third spacewalk in a month. CBSN's Vlad Duthiers takes a look.

• Apr 8, 2019
• 1:06

Spacewalking astronauts help fix battery problem, run cables

The spacewalkers accomplished all of their primary objectives without any major problems butut both astronauts had trouble with their helmet headphones

• Apr 8, 2019

NASA astronauts take spacewalk

CBS News space analyst Bill Harwood joins CBSN with insight on NASA's second spacewalk of the year at the International Space Station, and what could soon be a space race to the moon.

• Mar 29, 2019
• 8:31

With all-female spacewalk sidelined, new team works on space station

This venture outside space station was to have two female crew members but plans were changed due to lack of enough spacesuits that fit

• Mar 29, 2019

NASA cancels all-female spacewalk

A historic spacewalk with two female astronauts has been postponed. But some aren't happy with the reason given. Janet Shamlian explains.

• Mar 26, 2019
• 1:19

NASA scrubs historic all-female spacewalk over spacesuit sizes

Christina Koch, Anne McClain were set to conduct the first spacewalk by two women astronauts

• Mar 26, 2019

NASA scrubs first all-female spacewalk

NASA has changed plans for what would have been its first all-female spacewalk. Astronauts Christina Koch and Anne McClain were originally scheduled to go outside the International Space Station together, but NASA said only one medium-sized spacesuit was available and astronaut Nick Hague would replace McClain on the mission. Elaine Quijano has more.

• Mar 26, 2019
• 0:43

Two space station astronauts tackle challenging spacewalk

Spacewalkers worked to replace massive batteries in International Space Station's solar power system

• Mar 22, 2019

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