Tag: EVA-48
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Spacewalking astronauts complete robot arm work
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA TV Astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Japanese crewmate Norishige Kanai floated outside the International Space Station Friday, repositioned two robot arm grapple mechanisms following repair work last month and carried out a variety of “get-ahead” tasks before calling it a day. Floating in the Quest airlock,…
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Software patch fixes station robot arm; Monday spacewalk repair called off
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of an astronaut attached to the space station robot arm grapple fixture from a spacewalk in 2002. Image: NASA. A corrective software patch uplinked to the International Space Station has fixed a problem with a newly installed grapple fixture on one end of the…