One of NASA's two stuck astronauts, Suni Williams, performed a spacewalk, her first since arriving at the International Space Station over seven months ago. Williams and colleague Nick Hague tackled overdue outdoor repair work, including replacing a planar reflector and making adjustments to the Neutron Star Interior Composition ExploreR (NICER) C-ray telescope.
Stranded NASA astronaut gets change of pace with spacewalk, after 7 months in orbit | CBC News LoadedOne of NASA 's two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station more than seven months ago.Posted: Jan 16, 2025 10:38 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Suni Williams, the station's commander, tackled some overdue outdoor repair work, alongside colleague Nick Hague. They emerged as the orbiting lab sailed 420 kilometers above Turkmenistan.Williams got a close-up look at the SpaceX capsule that will bring her home this spring, floating just a few feet away from the parked vessel as she worked to replace a planar reflector on the outside of the space station. The process took diligence, but she eventually prevailed without damaging her ride.
In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Suni Williams tries on and evaluates her spacesuit aboard the ISS on Jan. 9. It was the first spacewalk by NASA astronauts since an aborted one last summer. U.S. spacewalks were put on hold after water leaked into the airlock from the cooling loop for an astronaut's suit. NASA said the problem has since been fixed.
Hague and Williams were set to replace station hardware and repair the station's Neutron Star Interior Composition ExploreR C-ray telescope. Part of that process includes placing wedge-shaped patches in certain spots on the telescope to reduce unwanted sunlight from interfering with the X-ray measurements it takes.
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