UAE's Sultan Al-Neyadi Becomes The First Arab Astronaut To Complete Spacewalk
Prior to embarking on their spacewalk, UAE astronaut Al-Neyadi and NASA Flight Engineer Bowen underwent a two-hour oxygen purge to eliminate nitrogen from their bodies.
Apr 29, 2023, 08:54 AM IST
Astronauts finish 1st solar arrays installation outside International Space Station
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet in their eighth spacewalk of the year outside the ISS deployed the new ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the far end of the left (port) side of the station`s backbone truss structure (P6).
Emergency space walk outside ISS set for Tuesday, confirms NASA
The primary device failed on Saturday, leaving the $100 billion orbiting laboratory to depend on a backup system to route commands to its solar power system, radiators, cooling loops and other equipment.
May 21, 2017, 23:28 PM IST
Historic 200th spacewalk delayed after NASA discovers water leak!
Spacewalks usually last about six and a half hours, but Friday's would be "abbreviated" due to the late start and would last about four hours.
May 12, 2017, 21:10 PM IST
