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04 Dec 2022

NASA astronauts install new roll-out solar array on Space station: Watch

NASA astronauts installs new roll-out solar array on Space station The video has gone viral and has over 100K views The Spacewalk lasted for seven hours

10 Dec 2020

First woman, Indian-American among NASA's astronauts for Artemis Moon mission

Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari is part of NASA's 18 member team who will train for its Artemis moon-landing mission. Vice President Mike Pence introduced the astronauts at the close of his final meeting as chairman of the National Space Council.

29 Mar 2018

NASA astronauts to conduct spacewalk outside space station today

NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of Expedition 55 will conduct a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, March 29.

28 Mar 2018

Two astronauts of Expedition 55 gears up for Thursday spacewalk

The spacewalk will be performed by NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel.

23 May 2017

Short emergency spacewalk comes to an end; installation work successful, says NASA

A similar MDM replacement spacewalk was conducted in April 2014 by Expedition 39 crewmembers Steve Swanson and Rick Mastracchio of NASA.

22 May 2017

Emergency spacewalk: Here's why NASA astronauts will venture outside space station on Tuesday

The multiplexer-demultiplexer (MDM) data relay box on the S0 truss failed on Saturday morning.

16 Apr 2017

NASA astronaut Jack Fischer looks forward to his ISS sojourn; says toilet-use biggest challenge! (Pic inside)

The ISS is a place that is exceedingly alluring for space aficionados across the world.

07 Jan 2017

NASA astronauts complete power upgrade spacewalk

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

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06 Jan 2017

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).

05 Jan 2017

NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel and Jeanette Epps to be part of upcoming space station crew in 2018!

Feustel and Epps will be added to the long list of distinguished astronauts who have been a part of space missions on the ISS since November 2000.

NASA solar observatory

31 Dec 2016

NASA solar observatory to add leap second to master clock

On December 31, 2016, official clocks around the world will add a leap second at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

30 Dec 2016

NASA to come up with ice homes on Red planet to protect astronauts

The researchers further say that to protect the astronauts from harsh Martian environment, ice is probably the best building material.

Expedition 49 crew members

30 Oct 2016

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, crewmembers safely return to Earth from ISS

Expedition 49 crew members which included Kate Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency safely touched down on Earth after a successful mission aboard the International Space Station.

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02 Sep 2016

NASA astronauts Jeff Williams, Kate Rubins complete second spacewalk

During the six-hour, 48 minute spacewalk, the duo retracted a thermal radiator, installed two enhanced high definition cameras on the station’s truss and tightened bolts on a joint that enables one of the station’s solar arrays to rotate.

22 Aug 2016

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.

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04 Aug 2016

NASA astronauts from space wish Team USA 'good luck' at Rio Olympics! (Watch video)

Both the astronauts are currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS) carrying out numerous science experiments on how living in space affects the human body and other organisms.

01 Mar 2016

Watch: Astronaut Tim Kopra assumes command of International Space Station from Scott Kelly!

Watch the Change of Command ceremony aboard the International Space Station.

20 Feb 2016

NASA sees record number of astronaut applications

The number of applications for a spot in NASA's 2017 class is almost triple the amount that came in during the last recruitment call for the 2012 class.

12 Feb 2016

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

The image shows Whitson training for underwater for her spacewalk.

20 Dec 2015

NASA astronauts set for last spacewalk of 2015

The cause of the stall was still being evaluated.

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