A Japanese and an American astronaut floated for hours outside the International Space Station last Friday (Feb 16) on a spacewalk to repair the orbiting outpost's robotic arm and move some equipment into storage. The spacewalk, broadcast live on NASA TV, was the first for Japanese Aerospace Agency ...

MOSCOW:Russia is planning to send paying tourists on the International Space Station out on spacewalks for the first time. It was stated by head of Russian space company Energia, Vladimir Solntsev while talking to Russian news Agency. He said space tourism is a developing sector currently dominated ...

Two cosmonauts took a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on February 2 to tackle a long-awaited upgrade to the communications system on the Russian side of the orbiting laboratory. They also set a new record for the longest Russian spacewalk, after spending 8 hours and 13 minutes ...

Moscow - Russia is planning to send paying tourists on the International Space Station out on spacewalks for the first time, an official from the country's space industry said Thursday. "We are discussing the possibility of sending tourists on spacewalks," Vladimir Solntsev, the head of Russian ...

WASHINGTON: Two NASA astronauts embarked on a spacewalk Thursday to repair the International Space Station´s ageing robotic arm, the US space agency said.The outing by Americans Randy Bresnik and Mark Vande Hei began at 8:05 am (1205 GMT) when the duo switched their bulky white spacesuits to ...

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet floated into space on his first-ever spacewalk Friday, on a mission to help upgrade the power system outside the International Space Station with new, refrigerator-sized lithium-ion batteries.Wearing a white spacesuit with the French flag emblazoned on one shoulder, ...

MIAMI: (APP) With more private spaceship traffic expected at the International Space Station in the coming years, two US astronauts embarked on a spacewalk Friday to install a special parking spot for them.The spacewalk began at 8:04 (1204 GMT) when Americans Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins switched ...