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NASA astronauts conduct spacewalk postponed due to debris risk
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A spacewalk is back on the schedule for two astronauts Thursday after NASA initially postponed it due concerns about the potential risk of debris. NASA postponed a spacewalk originally scheduled for Tuesday after receiving a space debris warning for the International Space …
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NASA early Tuesday postponed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station by two of its astronauts after receiving a "debris notification" for the orbital outpost.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA called off a spacewalk Tuesday because of menacing space junk that could puncture an astronaut's suit or damage the International Space Station.
It feels a bit like a headline ripped from the plotline of the 2013 flick “Gravity” - NASA astronauts suddenly find themselves having to worry more about the threat of space debris whipping around Earth at over 17,000 miles per hour.
By Ashley Strickland and Katie Hunt, CNN NASA has postponed a spacewalk that was scheduled for Tuesday after receiving a space debris warning for the International Space Station. Just hours before the astronauts were due to venture out of the ISS, the agency said on its Twitter account that “due to …
Two NASA astronauts were scheduled for a Tuesday morning spacewalk to fix a faulty antenna on the International Space Station. But the threat of space debris has delayed those plans.
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Two newly arrived NASA astronauts will head outside of the International Space Station on Tuesday for a spacewalk to replace a malfunctioning communications antenna. Dr. Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron are scheduled to begin their spacewalk at 7:10 a.m.
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A spacewalk is back on the schedule for two astronauts Thursday after NASA initially postponed it due concerns about the potential risk of debris. NASA postponed a spacewalk originally scheduled for Tuesday after receiving a space debris warning for the International Space …
By Ashley Strickland, CNN During a six and a half hour spacewalk Thursday, NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron replaced a malfunctioning communications antenna and achieved other “get ahead” tasks. The duo began their spacewalk at 6:15 a.m. ET and ended at 12:47 p.m. ET.
