Astronauts to Fit Space Station with Better Solar Panels to Meet Demand of Growing Visitors
3 years, 9 months ago

Astronauts to Fit Space Station with Better Solar Panels to Meet Demand of Growing Visitors

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Astronauts ventured out on a spacewalk Wednesday to outfit the International Space Station with powerful, new solar panels to handle the growing electrical demands from upcoming visitors. NASA put extra safety precautions in place as French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and U.S. astronaut Shane Kimbrough worked on the station’s primary power grid, to avoid an electrical shock. The duo had to conduct the most hazardous parts of the spacewalk on the nighttime side of Earth, to prevent the station’s old solar panels from soaking up sunlight and generating power. Launched by SpaceX earlier this month, the first of these new solar panels were going to be installed alongside the station’s oldest electricity-producing wings, in continuous operation for more than 20 years.

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Watch video: NASA releases stunning footage of spacewalk carried out by its astronauts
2 years, 3 months ago

Watch video: NASA releases stunning footage of spacewalk carried out by its astronauts

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The power capacity of ISS will increase by up to 30 percent with the help of new arrays installed by the astronauts. One such stunning video of a spacewalk has been released by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In the footage, astronauts can be seen performing a spacewalk for installing two new solar arrays at the International Space Station. …

NASA astronauts conduct spacewalk to provide space station power upgrades
3 years ago

NASA astronauts conduct spacewalk to provide space station power upgrades

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. The space station is preparing for more power upgrades as two NASA astronauts conducted their first spacewalk of the year on Tuesday. Six of the solar arrays arrived at the space station on June 5 after launching on the 22nd SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply mission. The space agency sought to reaffirm Monday …

New solar panels to power ageing Space Station to be installed on June 25
3 years, 8 months ago

New solar panels to power ageing Space Station to be installed on June 25

India Today  

Days after installing the first set of solar panels on the International Space Station, astronauts will venture out again on June 25 to complete the power upgrades on the flying laboratory. The spacewalk will be conducted by Nasa astronaut Shane Kimbrough and European Space Agency's Thomas Pesquet to deploy the second of six new ISS Roll-Out Solar Arrays. Today, in …

Two astronauts complete six-hour spacewalk to install solar panels on the ISS
3 years, 9 months ago

Two astronauts complete six-hour spacewalk to install solar panels on the ISS

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There have been a total of 240 spacewalks as astronauts carry out assembling, maintaining and upgrading the space station. A French and an American astronaut completed a six-hour spacewalk Sunday as they installed new solar panels to boost power supplies to the International Space Station, NASA said. “It is a huge team effort each time and couldn’t be happier to …

Space Station gets fresh lease of life: Spacewalking astronauts install new solar panels
3 years, 9 months ago

Space Station gets fresh lease of life: Spacewalking astronauts install new solar panels

India Today  

Spacewalking astronauts equipped the International Space Station with the first in a series of powerful new solar panels Sunday, overcoming suit problems and other obstacles with muscle and persistence. “Thanks for working with us on a Sunday.” The astronauts started Sunday’s spacewalk picking up where they left off Wednesday, when a string of problems prevented them from unrolling the high-tech …

Spacesuit problems prevent astronauts from installing solar arrays
3 years, 9 months ago

Spacesuit problems prevent astronauts from installing solar arrays

India Today  

Spacesuit problems prevented astronauts from completing the installation Wednesday of powerful, new solar panels outside the International Space Station. But there’s no urgency to do so, said Mission Control commentator Rob Navias, with the old solar panels providing plenty of power for now. The duo conducted the most hazardous parts of the spacewalk on the nighttime side of Earth, to …

New solar arrays to boost power on Space Station: Two astronauts set to conduct over 6-hour-long spacewalk
3 years, 9 months ago

New solar arrays to boost power on Space Station: Two astronauts set to conduct over 6-hour-long spacewalk

India Today  

Days after the SpaceX Dragon docked with the International Space Station, two astronauts will venture out of the airlock on Wednesday to conduct a spacewalk. The astronauts will install solar arrays on the space station to give the ageing laboratory a much-needed power boost. Astronaut Thomas Pesquet and flight engineer Shane Kimbrough will conduct the spacewalk to install the first …

Astronauts prep to conduct two spacewalks to install solar arrays on International Space Station
3 years, 9 months ago

Astronauts prep to conduct two spacewalks to install solar arrays on International Space Station

India Today  

The mood at the International Space Station is one of joy as astronauts have received a fresh supply of apples, avocados and their specific diet-centric food containers. Meanwhile, Commander Akihiko Hoshide removed mice launched aboard Dragon and placed them inside a habitat in the Kibo laboratory module to study space-caused ageing-like symptoms such as bone loss and muscle atrophy. The …

Astronauts complete seven hour spacewalk to prep ISS for its new solar panels
4 years ago

Astronauts complete seven hour spacewalk to prep ISS for its new solar panels

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Spacewalking astronauts ventured out Sunday to install support frames for new, high-efficiency solar panels arriving at the International Space Station later this year. NASA’s Kate Rubins and Victor Glover put the first set of mounting brackets and struts together, then bolted them into place next to the station’s oldest and most degraded solar wings. Spacewalkers Victor Glover and Kate Rubins …

Spacewalking astronauts prep station for new solar wings
4 years ago

Spacewalking astronauts prep station for new solar wings

India TV News  

Spacewalking astronauts ventured out Sunday to install support frames for new, high-efficiency solar panels arriving at the International Space Station later this year. NASA’s Kate Rubins and Victor Glover emerged from the orbiting lab lugging 8-foot duffle-style bags stuffed with hundreds of pounds of mounting brackets and struts. The six new solar panels — to be delivered in pairs by …

US astronauts become the first to fly to orbit and return in commercial crew capsule by SpaceX
4 years, 7 months ago

US astronauts become the first to fly to orbit and return in commercial crew capsule by SpaceX

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The successful trip opens doors to more people flying to space, what with companies announcing plans to use Crew Dragons to send wealthy tourists to orbit. Two astronauts dropped out of orbit in what was the first water landing by NASA since 1975, when the agency’s crews were still flying in the Apollo modules used for the historic U.S. moon …

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