Luca powers up for a spacewalk
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano is preparing to step out into space for his first spacewalk of the Beyond mission.
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Oct 10, 2019
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News tagged with spacewalk
Astronauts replace old batteries in 1st of 5 spacewalks
Astronauts hustled through the first of five spacewalks to replace old batteries at the International Space Station on Sunday.
Space Exploration
Oct 6, 2019
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NASA sets 1st all-female spacewalk after suit flap in spring
The first all-female spacewalk is back on, six months after a suit-sizing flap led to an embarrassing cancellation.
Space Exploration
Oct 4, 2019
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2 Russians venture into open space from Space Station
Two Russian crewmembers on the International Space Station have begun a spacewalk to conduct scientific research and help maintain the orbiting outpost.
Space Exploration
May 29, 2019
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Female astronauts: How performance gear is designed to pave the way for women's accomplishments
On my first day of spring break, I woke up to way more emails than necessary and a flurry of activity on my social media. Acquaintances from near and far wrote about "patriarchy," "NASA seems to have a history of lady issues" ...
Engineering
Apr 5, 2019
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Busy week on the International Space Station
Look again at that space station. That's there. That's home for a crew of six astronauts. That's us, too. On board, astronauts perform science and maintain the spacecraft with the support of a whole team on Earth.
Space Exploration
Apr 3, 2019
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Spacewalking astronauts install better station batteries
Spacewalking astronauts hustled through battery hookups outside the International Space Station on Friday in a major upgrade of the solar power grid.
Space Exploration
Mar 29, 2019
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NASA defends scrapping all-women spacewalk
NASA responded to accusations of sexism Wednesday over its decision to cancel a planned historic spacewalk by two women astronauts due to a lack of well-fitting spacesuits.
Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2019
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NASA scraps all-women spacewalk for lack of well-fitting suits
The US space agency NASA scrapped Monday a planned historic spacewalk by two women astronauts, citing a lack of available spacesuits that would fit them at the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Mar 26, 2019
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Spacewalking astronauts swap out space station's batteries (Update)
Changing batteries in orbit took some huffing and puffing and some intricate maneuvering by two spacewalkers Friday. But in the end, it went almost as smoothly as doing the chore back on Earth.
Space Exploration
Mar 22, 2019
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