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At 56, courageous Peggy Whitson becomes oldest woman to perform spacewalk

At 56, Peggy walked in space for nearly 6.5 hours, setting several records.

Jan 08, 2017, 10:40 AM IST

Missed the first spacewalk of 2017? Here's video for you to watch

Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA have completed the first of two power upgrade spacewalks on January 6, 2017. 

Jan 07, 2017, 21:51 PM IST

NASA astronauts complete power upgrade spacewalk

They also accomplished several get-ahead tasks, including a photo survey of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.

Jan 07, 2017, 12:23 PM IST

Expeditions 50 astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson complete first spacewalks of 2017!

NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson have completed the first spacewalk of 2017 outside International Space Station (ISS).

Jan 07, 2017, 01:14 AM IST

Expedition 50 astronauts prepare for Friday spacewalk

Astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson will stow and replace power gear during the first 6.5 hour spacewalk.

Jan 06, 2017, 09:24 AM IST

Expedition 50 astronauts prepare for January spacewalks; NASA announces live telecast!

Prior to each spacewalk, the new batteries will be robotically extracted from a pallet to replace 12 older nickel-hydrogen batteries through a series of robotic operations.

Dec 28, 2016, 23:16 PM IST

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough does a 'George Clooney'; ESA's Thomas Pesquet captures moment!

The photograph Pesquet shared on his official Twitter page says it all!  

Dec 23, 2016, 11:10 AM IST

Astronauts Jeff Williams, Kate Rubins go on spacewalk for 2nd time in less than 2 weeks! - Watch Live

The spacewalk , which is sceduled to begin at at 8:05 a.m. EDT, Thursday, is the second time for the duo in less than two weeks.

Sep 01, 2016, 09:09 AM IST

NASA astronauts prepare for second spacewalk on Thursday!

A few days after this spacewalk is completed, Jeff Williams will head back down to Earth along with his Expedition 48 crew members Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin, leaving the ropes of the ISS in the hands of NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

Aug 30, 2016, 22:48 PM IST

NASA astronauts conduct spacewalk to install docking adaptor

Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA are conducting the spacewalk to install equipment (adaptor) that was launched on a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and arrived at the station on July 20, 2016.  

Aug 19, 2016, 09:32 AM IST

Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins to perform spacewalk this month; NASA announces live coverage!

This will be the fourth spacewalk in Williams’ career, the first for Rubins, and the 194th for the space station.

Aug 10, 2016, 00:08 AM IST

See pic: NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson trains for her spacewalk!

The image shows Whitson training for underwater for her spacewalk.

Feb 12, 2016, 11:24 AM IST

Missed Russian cosmonauts' spacewalk? Here's video for you to watch

The duo worked outside for four hours and 45 minutes, finishing 45 minutes early.

Feb 04, 2016, 11:08 AM IST

Russian cosmonauts all set for ISS spacewalk today

According to NASA, veteran flight engineers Yuri Malenchenko and Sergey Volkov will don their spacesuits and exit the station's Pirs airlock at approximately 8:10 a.m. EST Wednesday.

Feb 03, 2016, 10:03 AM IST

See pic – Stunning aurora and the Pacific Northwest as seen from ISS!

The astronauts uploaded the stunning aurora pictures on their Twitter accounts.

Jan 21, 2016, 09:38 AM IST

Tim Peake's spacewalk terminated after water leak

Tim Peake became Britain's first astronaut to spacewalk from the International Space Station Friday.

Jan 15, 2016, 18:04 PM IST

See inside: Tim Peake prepares for his first spacewalk

Tim Peake is all set to make his first spacewalk on Friday, 15th January 2016.

Jan 13, 2016, 14:33 PM IST

NASA astronauts set for last spacewalk of 2015

The cause of the stall was still being evaluated.

Dec 20, 2015, 16:47 PM IST

NASA astronauts wrap up second spacewalk

Friday's spacewalk is the 190th in support of the International Space Station, which just marked 15 continuous years of human habitation.

 

Nov 06, 2015, 18:43 PM IST

Astronauts Scott Kelly, Kjell Lindgren prepare for second spacewalk today

Kelly and Flight Engineer Lindgren will spend six hours outside the International Space Station Friday.

Nov 05, 2015, 17:34 PM IST