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Launch failure probe prompts engine swap on Soyuz crew’s rocket
Russian engineers will replace rocket engines on two Soyuz rockets assigned to send a batch of supplies and the next crew to the International Space Station after an investigation revealed foreign objects or a manufacturing defect led to the crash of a Progress cargo craft on launch in December, according to Russian media reports and a statement from the Russian space agency.
Video: Highlights of second Expedition 50 spacewalk
Video highlight reel of Expedition 50 commander Shane Kimbrough and flight engineer Thomas Pesquet conducting six-hour spacewalk on Jan. 13.
Station astronauts complete second battery swap spacewalk
Two space station astronauts carried out a trouble-free five-hour 58-minute spacewalk Friday, completing complex battery replacement work on the right side of the lab's solar power truss with enough time left over to carry out a variety of lower-priority "get-ahead" tasks.
Video: Narrated preview of Jan. 13 spacewalk
This is a narrated animation previewing the steps and activities to be performed by the International Space Station astronauts during the battery replacement spacewalk on Jan. 13.
Spacewalkers continue station battery refresh with EVA
Two spacewalking astronauts working outside the International Space Station Friday completed work to replace aging batteries in one of the lab's eight main solar power circuits. A second spacewalk next week, along with additional work with the station's robot arm, will upgrade a second power channel.
Video: Expedition 50 spacewalk highlights
Video highlight reel of Expedition 50 commander Shane Kimbrough and flight engineer Peggy Whitson conducting six-hour 32-minute spacewalk on Jan. 6.
Video: Narrated preview of Jan. 6 spacewalk
This is a narrated animation previewing the steps and activities to be performed by the International Space Station astronauts during the battery replacement spacewalk on Jan. 6.
Video: NASA officials preview space station battery replacement spacewalks
From the Johnson Space Center in Houston, officials from NASA brief reporters on two upcoming spacewalks outside the International Space Station to replace aging batteries in the outpost's power grid.
Astronauts set for Friday spacewalk
Two astronauts plan to venture outside the International Space Station Friday, taking over from earlier robotic arm operations to help replace a set of batteries used to store power from one of the lab's four sets of solar arrays.
Space station battery work starts New Year’s Eve
Working over the New Year holiday weekend, robot arm operators at the Johnson Space Center will begin a complex procedure to replace 12 aging batteries in the International Space Station's solar power system with six state-of-the-art lithium-ion power packs, a multi-step process over the next two weeks that will require two spacewalks to complete.