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    Next Cygnus Mission to Station Set for March

    Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo craft

    Orbital ATK has completed a significant mission milestone for NASA’s next International Space Station cargo mission. The Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) of the Cygnus spacecraft has arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for processing and assembly before launch. The OA-7 mission is targeted to launch on Thursday, March 16 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral …

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    Second Spacewalk Sets Stage for Upcoming Cargo Missions

    Astronaut Thomas Pesquet

    The six-member Expedition 50 crew has the day off today after a pair of NASA astronauts completed the first spacewalk of 2017 on Friday of last week. That spacewalk is the first of two planned in January to upgrade the International Space Station’s power systems. Both spacewalks have been backed-up with external robotics work that …

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    Astronauts Complete First of Two Power Upgrade Spacewalks

    Spacewalkers Peggy Whitson and Shane Kimbrough

    Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson concluded their spacewalk at 1:55 p.m. EST. During the six-hour and 32-minute spacewalk, the two NASA astronauts successfully installed three new adapter plates and hooked up electrical connections for three of the six new lithium-ion batteries on the International Space Station. They also accomplished several get-ahead …

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    Astronauts Begin First of Two Power Upgrade Spacewalks

    Spacewalkers Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson

    Two astronauts switched their spacesuits to battery power this morning at 7:23 a.m. EST aboard the International Space Station to begin a spacewalk planned to last about six-and-a-half hours. Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA will install adapter plates and hook up electrical connections for three of six new lithium-ion …

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    Watch Spacewalk Live on NASA TV Now

    Astronaut Peggy Whitson

    Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA will begin a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station at about 7 a.m. EST today. NASA Television coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 5:30 a.m. Watch the spacewalk on NASA TV and on the agency’s website. This will be the 196th …

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    Astronauts Wrap Up Preps for Friday Spacewalk

    Astronaut Peggy Whitson

    Two Expedition 50 astronauts are in final preparations for the first of two power maintenance spacewalks that starts Friday at 7 a.m. EST. Astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson will stow and replace power gear during the first 6.5 hour spacewalk. The duo will work near the solar arrays on the starboard truss segment. The …

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    Astronauts Getting Ready for Friday Spacewalk

    Astronaut Peggy Whitson

    The crew is getting ready for a pair of spacewalks scheduled for this Friday and next Friday to upgrade the International Space Station’s power system. The two spacewalks will take place on the station’s right-side, or starboard, truss structure to replace and install new power equipment. Commander Shane Kimbrough and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson will …

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    Robotics Work Starts Station Power Upgrade Before Spacewalks

    Kounotori HTV-6

    In a remarkable demonstration of robotic prowess, ground controllers used the Canadian-built “Dextre” Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator over the weekend to install three new lithium-ion batteries in the International Space Station’s 3A power channel Integrated Electronics Assembly (IEA) pallet on the starboard 4 truss. Dextre also removed four old nickel-hydrogen batteries from the IEA, three …

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    Station Crew Gearing Up for 2017

    The Expedition 50 crew enjoys an international Christmas dinner aboard the space station.

    The Expedition 50 crew aboard the International Space Station spent the week working on an array of science, maintenance and spacewalking preparation to close out 2016. Kimbrough and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Thomas Pesquet are getting ready for a pair of spacewalks on Jan. 6 and 13. The spacewalks, in conjunction with remote robotics …

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    Crew Heads into Christmas Weekend with Spacewalk Preps

    Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA

    The six-member Expedition 50 crew from France, Russia and the U.S. is heading into the holiday weekend with spacesuit checks and eye studies. The international crew will share a Christmas meal, enjoy a light-duty weekend and take Dec. 26 off. Commander Shane Kimbrough scrubbed cooling loops and tested the water in a pair of U.S. …

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