International Space Station (ISS) program managers are currently hard at work preparing for at least one, and potentially two, upcoming and unplanned spacewalks to repair external faults relating to two of the station’s electrical power channels. The spacewalks would both be performed within the next month by experienced spacewalkers Sunita Williams of NASA and Aki Hoshide of Japan, prior to their return to Earth on November 19.
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International Space Station (ISS) program managers, flight controllers, and engineers are currently hard at work…
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NASA launched its next astronaut rotation, Crew-7, to the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday,…
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United Launch Alliance’s penultimate Delta IV Heavy rocket took flight on the NROL-68 mission Thursday,…
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