Spacewalking astronauts inspect solar panel glitch
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A pair of space-walking astronauts ventured out of the International Space Station Tuesday to look for the cause of electrical problems in the orbiting laboratory, NASA said.
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A pair of spacewalkers shaking a solar array on the International Space Station managed to free some stuck grommets, but they could not get the array to fold into a box properly.
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Two astronauts aboard the orbiting International Space Station on Wednesday replaced an electric motor on one of three solar wings that provide power to the station during a seven-hour-long spacewalk, NASA said.
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HOUSTON - NASA engineers are studying the potentially serious contamination of a vital joint used to turn solar arrays aboard the International Space Station (ISS) after a spacewalking astronaut collected samples of the grit on Sunday.
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American astronauts aboard the International Space Station said Thursday that they would perform an extra spacewalk next week to examine malfunctioning joints that turn a set of solar power panels.
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Astronauts gave the space shuttle a 4 1/2-hour inspection using cameras on the space shuttle's robotic arm early Wednesday to see if its heat shield was damaged by a mysterious object that apparently floated off the spacecraft.
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Astronauts put the final touches on a new solar power unit for the International Space Station on Sunday in their last spacewalk before the scheduled departure of the shuttle Atlantis on Tuesday.
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HOUSTON -- Two spacewalkers working outside the International Space Station (ISS) shook a troublesome solar array late Saturday to help fold it away, but ultimately ran out of time during an extended spacewalk to finish rewiring the orbital laboratory.
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NASA reported major progress on  glitches in a critical computer system on the International  Space Station on Friday as astronauts repaired insulation  damage to the space shuttle Atlantis during a spacewalk.
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A spacewalking astronaut helping to move an enormous beam from one side of the international space station to the other discovers debris in an important joint used to turn the craft's solar power panels.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Spacewalking astronauts will likely drop plans to test a shuttle heat shield repair technique so they have time to study a troubled but critical part of the International Space Station's power system, NASA said on Monday.
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - Two spacewalking astronauts finished folding up a stubborn, accordion-like solar array Monday, resolving the only complication in space shuttle Discovery's otherwise smooth mission to the international space station.
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Astronauts examined malfunctioning joints on the International Space Station as engineers tested fuel tank sensors aboard the shuttle Atlantis sitting on its launch pad.
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A pair of spacewalking astronauts attached Friday two pieces of research equipment on the International Space Station's new European laboratory to study the sun and carry out experiments, NASA said.
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NASA engineers pondered how best to fix a tear in space shuttle Atlantis' heat shield while a new pair of electricity-generating solar panels were unfurled on the International Space Station on Tuesday.
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Spacewalking astronauts doing construction work outside the international space station Sunday made a disturbing discovery: what appear to be metal shavings inside a joint that is needed to turn a set of solar power panels.
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Two Shuttle Discovery astronauts have helped retract a stuck solar energy array on the International Space station in a record-breaking fourth spacewalk on a single mission.