NASA astronauts take spacewalk outside ISS

This was the 237th spacewalk devoted to station assembly and maintenance since construction began in 1998.

• Mar 13, 2021

NASA astronaut joins Russian Soyuz crew

Mark Vande Hei's seat was arranged through Houston-based Axiom Space.

• Mar 9, 2021

Spacewalkers continue station power upgrade

Multiple spacewalks are planned to improve the space station's solar power system.

• Mar 5, 2021

Spacewalkers start power system upgrade

Multiple spacewalks planned to upgrade the space station's aging power system

• Feb 28, 2021

Two NASA astronauts conduct spacewalk

NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover ventured outside the International Space Station on Monday for a spacewalk to complete battery replacement and install new camera equipment. CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green have details.

• Feb 1, 2021
• 02:34

Spacewalkers venture outside for space station upgrades

New experiment platform only partially activated after spacewalkers have problems with balky cables

• Jan 27, 2021

SpaceX cargo ship brings Christmas treats to space station

Next-generation cargo ship executes a flawless automated rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station.

• Dec 7, 2020

Russian spacewalk prepares station for new module

The space station's Russian Pirs docking compartment will be replaced by a laboratory module.

• Nov 18, 2020

NASA issued a report on the errors that led to an astronaut's near drowning during a space walk last July

NASA's issued a report on the errors that led to an astronaut's near drowning during a space walk last July. NASA also says the incident was preventable. CBS News' Craig Boswell reports.

• Feb 26, 2014
• 01:29

Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins made their first spacewalk to attempt to fix a cooling system on the International Space Station

Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins made their first spacewalk to attempt to fix a cooling system on the International Space Station. A problem with Mastracchio's spacesuit delayed the next spacewalk to Christmas Eve. Don Dahler reports.

• Dec 21, 2013
• 02:19

Astronauts have begun the first of three planned spacewalks to repair a vital cooling system that failed on the International Space Station

Astronauts have begun the first of three planned spacewalks to repair a vital cooling system that failed on the International Space Station. Bill Harwood reports.

• Dec 21, 2013
• 03:09

Astronauts describe thrilling SpaceX splashdown

With a piloted test flight complete, NASA hopes to certify the SpaceX capsule for operational missions.

• Aug 5, 2020

SpaceX Crew Dragon heads for Sunday splashdown

Splashdown will set the stage for operational Crew Dragon flights to begin later this year.

• Aug 1, 2020

Crew Dragon prepped for weekend splashdown

The Crew Dragon splashdown will be NASA's first astronaut water landing in 45 years.

• Jul 31, 2020

Astronauts complete another spacewalk

Two NASA astronauts conducted another in a series of spacewalks at the International Space Station on Tuesday. It's part of an ongoing process to upgrade the orbiting space lab. CBSN's Errol Barnett has details.

• Jul 21, 2020
• 00:50

Spacewalk shifts focus to future upgrades

With their battery replacement work complete, two NASA spacewalkers focus on future upgrades.

• Jul 21, 2020

Spacewalkers in home stretch of station upgrade

With two final spacewalks, a multi-year upgrade of the space station's power system will finally be complete.

• Jul 16, 2020

Second spacewalk in a row to upgrade station

Spacewalking astronauts are picking up where they left off, with another round of space station battery replacements.

• Jul 1, 2020

Astronauts complete 6-hour spacewalk

Two NASA astronauts conducted a spacewalk Friday to upgrade the power system on the International Space Station. CBSN has details.

• Jun 26, 2020
• 00:29

Spacewalk begins final phase of power upgrade

The space station's new batteries should keep the lab running smoothly for the remainder of its orbital life.

• Jun 26, 2020

First all-female spacewalk to take place Friday

NASA announced the first all-female spacewalk will take place Friday and unveiled a new spacesuit for the moon and Mars. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN from the Kennedy Space Center with details.

• Oct 17, 2019
• 03:06

Trump talks to astronauts during spacewalk

President Trump congratulated NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir in a phone call from the White House as the two wrapped up the first all-female spacewalk in history. Mr. Trump also talked about plans for future NASA missions to the moon and Mars.

• Oct 18, 2019
• 08:46

NASA's first spacewalk of 2020 completed

Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir floated outside the International Space Station on Wednesday for history's second all-female spacewalk, installing two powerful new lithium-ion batteries on the far left end of the lab's solar power truss. CBSN Los Angeles reports.

• Jan 15, 2020
• 00:24

Book compiles letters sent to Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, spent most of his life after his moonwalk shunning attention, thought he still took the time to respond to some of the tens of thousands of letters he received in the years afterward. Some of those interactions are compiled in a new book, “Dear Neil Armstrong,” and could reveal a lot about Armstrong and even ourselves. Jeff Glor speaks to James Hansen, Armstrong's official biographer who spent years going through the trove of letters.

• Apr 11, 2020
• 05:43

Astronauts perform spacewalk to fix $2 billion cosmic ray detector

The last in a series of spacewalks should put a $2 billion scientific instrument back in business.

• Jan 25, 2020

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