Spacewalk

NASA Has Awkward History With Women in Space

Gillian Brockell, Thw Washington Post | Friday March 29, 2019

Male astronauts can thank women for joining them in space for at least one particular reason. It meant the installation of the first toilets onboard spacecraft.

NASA Defends Scrapping All-Women Spacewalk

Agence France-Presse | Thursday March 28, 2019

NASA responded to accusations of sexism Wednesday over its decision to cancel a planned historic spacewalk by two women astronauts due to a lack of well-fitting spacesuits.

NASA Scraps All-Women Spacewalk for Lack of Well-Fitting Suits

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday March 26, 2019

NASA scrapped Monday a planned historic spacewalk by two women astronauts, citing a lack of available spacesuits that would fit them at the International Space Station.

NASA Scraps All-Women Spacewalk For Lack Of Well-Fitting Suits

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday March 26, 2019

The US space agency NASA scrapped Monday a planned historic spacewalk by two women astronauts, citing a lack of available spacesuits that would fit them at the International Space Station.

NASA Astronauts Complete Spacewalk to Swap Batteries for ISS Power Upgrades

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday March 23, 2019

NASA astronauts - Nick Hague and Anne McClain - have successfully completed an over six hour spacewalk.

First All-Female Spacewalk Will Take Place During Women's History Month

World News | Kayla Epstein, The Washington Post | Friday March 8, 2019

It's a big step for women.

Russian Cosmonauts Take Samples on 6th Hour of Spacewalk to Crack Mystery

Reuters | Wednesday December 12, 2018

Roscosmos has ruled out a manufacturing defect causing the 2mm-wide hole found in August on the Russian Soyuz capsule

Russian Spacewalkers Inspect Mystery Hole At International Space Station

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday December 12, 2018

Using knives and shears, a pair of Russian spacewalkers Tuesday cut samples of material around a mysterious hole in a Soyuz spacecraft docked on the International Space Station that a Moscow official suggested could have been deliberate sabotage.

6-Hour Long Spacewalk For Russian Cosmonauts To Check On ISS-Docked Soyuz

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday December 10, 2018

Two Russian cosmonauts will go for a six-hour-long spacewalk tomorrow to check a hole in the external hull of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft, currently docked to the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA Investigates Space Station Hole, Plans Spacewalk

World News | Reuters | Thursday October 4, 2018

NASA sought on Wednesday to tamp down speculation that sabotage caused a tiny hole found last month in the side of a Russian module docked at the International Space Station, but the mystery remained unsolved.

ISS Astronauts Set Up TV Cameras for Arriving Ships

Associated Press | Friday June 15, 2018

Spacewalking astronauts set up TV cameras Thursday for new crew capsules set to arrive in coming months.

NASA Astronauts Install High-Definition Cameras During Spacewalk

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday June 15, 2018

Two US spacewalkers on Thursday outfitted the International Space Station with a pair of new high-definition video cameras designed to help visiting commercial spaceships dock there in the coming years.

2 Astronauts To Take More Than 6-Hour-Long Spacewalk Today

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday February 16, 2018

Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station today for a planned six-and-a-half hour spacewalk, NASA has said.

Can You Spot A Spacewalker's Legs In Pic By NASA Astronaut? It's Not Easy

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Tuesday February 6, 2018

Who doesn't like a good 'can you spot' challenge. It's well known now that people of the Internet always enjoy a good brainteaser - whether it's solving a mathematical riddle or a random puzzle. This time the contest comes from none other than NASA astronaut Mark T. Vande Hei and it's out of this world - quite literally.

Russia To Launch Spacewalks For Tourists By 2019

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday February 2, 2018

Russia is planning to send paying tourists on the International Space Station out on spacewalks for the first time, an official from the country's space industry said Thursday.