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/ 11 February 2008
Two spacewalking astronauts floated out of a hatch on the International Space Station on Monday to help install a new European lab, while a crewmate who was supposed to participate in the outing helped from inside. Spacewalkers Rex Walheim and Stanley Love ventured outside as the space station passed over Asia.
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/ 31 October 2007
Nasa scrambled on Wednesday to deal with two power problems at the International Space Station that could delay future missions and make it even harder to finish building the orbiting outpost before the space shuttles must be retired. Both issues competed for the precious little spacewalking time that’s left in Discovery‘s mission.
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/ 29 October 2007
Astronauts plowed ahead on Monday with the mammoth job of moving a 17,5-ton solar-array truss on the International Space Station, a task made even more crucial following the discovery of contamination in an important part of the orbiting lab’s power system.