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By NASA April 18, 2022 Spacewalkers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev configure new robotic arm components on the Nauka multiupurpose laboratory module. Credit: NASA Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos concluded their spacewalk at 5:37 p.m. EDT today after 6 hours and 37 minutes. Russian spacewalk 52 began at 11:01 a.m. …

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The astronauts conducting the first all-female spacewalk in history paused their hourslong endeavor to take a congratulatory phone call from President Donald Trump on Friday. In the conversation, the astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir wound up politely correcting the president about the history of women in space. “This is the first time for a …

Image copyright NASA Image caption The astronauts getting suited up for the spacewalk Two Nasa astronauts are about to make the first all-female spacewalk. After suiting up, Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will exit the International Space Station’s Quest airlock to replace a failed power control unit. The astronauts will have to venture to one …

NASA initially planned the spacewalk for Thursday, October 17. The space agency has, however, pushed the event back by one day to Friday, October 18. The spacewalk is scheduled to kick off at 12.50pm BST (7.50am EDT). NASA said: “On Friday, October 18, starting at around 5.50am EDT, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir …

The world’s first spacewalker, Alexei Leonov, died in a Moscow hospital Friday (Oct. 11), but his legacy lives on aboard the International Space Station, where astronauts mourned the famed cosmonaut even as they ventured outside their home on a critical spacewalk.  “This is a bittersweet day for all of us on the International Space Station,” …

Astronauts Christina Koch and Drew Morgan floated outside the International Space Station on Sunday, removed three aging batteries from the lab’s solar power truss and installed two more powerful replacements. It was the first of five planned spacewalks to upgrade the complex electrical system and extend the station’s life through the 2020s. “Awesome work today,” …