Tag: EVA-47

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The grapple mechanism installed on one end of the space station’s robot arm during a spacewalk Tuesday is experiencing problems with one of two control channels. Rather that use the fixture without redundancy, it will be removed during a re-planned spacewalk Monday and the original fitting will be…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) after the end of EVA. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo from a spacewalk last year repairing the space station’s robotic arm. Credit: NASA Two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station early Tuesday and replaced one of the grapple fixtures on the…