Two International Space Station astronauts finished installing the first of six new roll-out solar arrays, ensuring the outpost will have a sufficient power supply over the next decade.
Read MoreA spacesuit glitch and an alignment issue prevented two astronauts from fully installing the new roll-out solar array on the exterior of the International Space Station.
Read MoreExpedition 64 flight engineers and NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover ventured outside the International Space Station for the first of two spacewalks to ready the outpost for new solar arrays later this year.
Read MoreIn the second spacewalk in less than a week, two NASA astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station to wrap up a battery upgrade project started four years ago, and completed various other small tasks.
Read MoreTwo NASA astronauts performed the first spacewalk of 2021 at the International Space Station to connect cables to a new European science platform as well as prepare the outpost for future power upgrades.
Read MoreNASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken completed their fourth spacewalk in less than a month to upgrade the International Space Station, setting the stage for future additions to the 20-year-old outpost.
Read MoreOne of the main reasons the Demo-2 crew — NASA’s Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken — is staying aboard the International Space Station for so long is so they can help the Expedition 63 crew, commanded by NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, with various tasks aboard the outpost, including the final test of battery upgrades on the external truss.
Read MoreThree months after the first all-female spacewalk, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir ventured outside the International Space Station twice in five days to complete work replacing batteries, helping to set the stage for the next decade of ISS operations.
Read MoreNASA astronaut Drew Morgan and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano competed the third of four planned spacewalks to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle physics experiment at the International Space Station.
Read MoreWith the first spacewalk to repair an important particle physics experiment at the International Space Station completed, preparations for the second are well underway.
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