Video: Soyuz MS-01 leaves the space station for landing

Picking up where they left off last week, two space station astronauts ventured back outside the outpost Wednesday to continue the replacement of aging batteries in the lab’s solar power system. Two more spacewalks later this month should complete the multi-year project.

The budget proposal coming from the White House would also reduce spending on the International Space Station program by more than $500 million.

A Russian-built Soyuz booster arrived at its tropical launch pad in South America on Friday and was joined with a European weather satellite for launch Tuesday night.