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    Spacewalkers Wrap Up X-Ray Telescope Repair Job and More

    Astronaut Suni Williams replaces a planar reflector, a visiting vehicles navigation device, near the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft docked to the Harmony module's space-facing port during her eighth spacewalk.

    NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Nick Hague concluded their spacewalk at 2:01 p.m. EST on Jan. 16. It was the fourth spacewalk for Hague and the eighth for Williams, and it was the 273rd spacewalk in support of space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades. Williams and Hague completed their primary objectives, including removing and replacing …

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    Two Astronauts Start Spacewalk for Astrophysics Hardware Work

    NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams, both NASA astronauts, are pictured evaluating their spacesuits in a pressurized configuration in the Quest airlock.

    NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams began a spacewalk at 8:01 a.m. EST at the International Space Station. The duo will remove and replace a rate gyro assembly that helps provide orientation control for the station, install patches to cover damaged areas of light filters for an X-ray telescope called NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition …

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    NASA+ Spacewalk Coverage Begins for X-Ray Telescope Repair

    NASA’s coverage is underway on NASA+ as two astronauts will conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at approximately 8 a.m. EST and last about six and a half hours. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and …

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    Crew Wraps Up Spacewalk Preps, Keeps Up Human Research

    Astronauts Don Pettit (top) and Butch Wilmore (bottom) assist astronaut Nick Hague (center) as he tries on and evaluates his spacesuit in a pressurized configuration inside the Quest airlock.

    Two NASA astronauts have finalized preparations for the first spacewalk of 2025 to service astrophysics hardware on the International Space Station. The rest of the Expedition 72 crew split the day between assisting the upcoming spacewalkers and keeping up human research. Flight Engineer Nick Hague and space station Commander Suni Williams, both from NASA, will …

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    Health Checks and Suit Installs Before Thursday Spacewalk for Science Upkeep

    NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore (center) assists Suni Williams (left) and Nick Hague (right), both NASA astronauts, as they prepare to evaluate their spacesuits in a pressurized configuration.

    Spacewalk preparations continued aboard the International Space Station as two astronauts conducted health checks and installed hardware on their spacesuits. Biology, physics, and lab maintenance also rounded out the Expedition 72 schedule on Tuesday. Flight Engineer Nick Hague and space station Commander Suni Williams, both from NASA, began their shifts on Tuesday with standard health …

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    Crew Gears Up for Spacewalk, Conducts Research and Training

    City lights illuminate the Los Angeles, California, metropolitan area about 2:30 a.m. local time on Jan. 10, 2025, as wildfires rage around nearby suburbs in this photograph from the space station.

    Two NASA astronauts are gearing up this week for the first spacewalk of the year at the International Space Station. The Expedition 72 crew members also started the week working on botany, combustion, and human research and practicing departing the orbital outpost. Flight Engineer Nick Hague and Commander Suni Williams are scheduled to set their …

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    Spacewalk Preps, Biology Research Wrap Up Week Aboard Station

    Astronaut Nick Hague is pictured during his second spacewalk on March 29, 2019, to upgrade the orbital outpost's power storage capacity.

    The Expedition 72 crew wrapped up the week aboard the International Space Station preparing for a spacewalk to service science and station hardware next week. The orbital residents also continued their biotechnology and human research activities to advance health on Earth and in space. Two spacewalks are scheduled for Jan. 16 and Jan. 23 to …

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    Science and Spacewalk Preps Fill Station Crew’s Day

    The Full Moon is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

    Wednesday was packed with an array of advanced microgravity research promoting fire safety in space, exploring the effects of exercising in weightlessness, and testing futuristic piloting techniques. The Expedition 72 crew is also gearing up for a spacewalk to repair and upgrade science hardware on the International Space Station. NASA Flight Engineers Don Pettit and …

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    Most of Crew Relaxes as NASA Announces Two January Spacewalks

    Astronaut Don Pettit took this photograph of a U.S. spacesuit helmet with his reflection prominent on the helmet's visor inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.

    Most of the Expedition 72 crew was off duty on Tuesday while a pair of NASA astronauts conducted human research and studied biotechnology. Two spacewalks are now planned this month for science maintenance and station upgrades. Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Nick Hague kept up a host of advanced space research aboard the International Space …

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    Spacewalk Preps, Science, and Cargo Work Kick Off New Year

    Astronauts (from left) Butch Wilmore and Don Pettit install futuristic exercise gear with advanced bicycling, rowing, and resistive capabilities inside the Columbus laboratory module.

    Expedition 72 is beginning the New Year preparing for an upcoming spacewalk to service science hardware and install communications gear. The International Space Station residents also conducted space agriculture and worked on cargo duties at the beginning of the week. Two NASA astronauts are scheduled to exit the orbital outpost’s Quest airlock this month for …

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