Spacewalkers add to orbiting space junk
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It's a junkyard out there in space and sometimes astronauts accidentally contribute to the litter. In 1965, the first American spacewalker, Ed White, lost a spare glove when he went outside for the first time. From that time on, astronauts have accidentally added some of the more unusual items to the 100,000 pieces of space trash that circle Earth.
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Two U.S. astronauts  replaced a broken motor on one of the International Space  Station's solar wings during a spacewalk on Wednesday, clearing  the way for more modules to be added to the outpost.
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Two astronauts from the US space shuttle Discovery, docked to the orbiting International Space Station, began a space walk to start removing a bus-sized module from the shuttle's payload bay, NASA announced.
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Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and American astronaut Mike Fincke had been in space since April. While in space they carried out four space walks, including one crucial mission to repair
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Two crewmen aboard the International Space Station on Thursday prepared for a spacewalk during which more than 1,600 pounds (726 kg) of obsolete gear will be tossed overboard and left to burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN HOUSTON - Shuttle astronauts spotted three more pieces of debris floating in space outside Atlantis early Wednesday, but officials said it didn't seem their appearance would prevent a landing attempt Thursday.
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A new challenge awaits private rocketeers hoping to breach the space frontier with their own versions of reusable spacecraft, this one demanding faster and hardier vehicles capable of orbital flights.
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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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A spacewalking astronaut did some massive housecleaning at the international space station Monday, tossing out a camera mounting and an ammonia tank weighing more than half a ton. The outdated equipment was no longer needed and joined more than 9,000 pieces of orbital debris already being tracked from Earth.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press writer  HOUSTON  It's a junkyard out there in space and sometimes astronauts accidentally contribute to the litter.   In 1965, the first American spacewalker, Ed White, lost a spare glove when he went outside for the first time.
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Two Russian spacewalkers will step outside the International Space Station (ISS) for the second time Wednesday to finish attaching new micrometeorite shields to their high-flying laboratory&#39;s hull.
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Two Atlantis astronauts have embarked on a spacewalk to install the first new elements added to the orbiting International Space Station since the 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster.
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By Arana-Barradas, Louis A Air Force Space Command Airmen use a host of computer programs to observe and track objects in space, including space debris. Every white speck in this graphic depicts a satellite or piece of space junk.
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HOUSTON -- Two spacewalking astronauts will step outside the International Space Station (ISS) later today to complete efforts to rewire the orbital laboratory and, time permitting, give a stubborn solar array a little push.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Spacewalking astronauts and technicians on the ground conducted a day of trouble-shooting that shed light on a spate of problems that have stalled construction of the International Space Station, NASA managers said Tuesday.
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - Two spacewalking astronauts Tuesday began installing the first big addition to the international space station in more than 3 1/2 years, and NASA pronounced the outing a success, even though a small bolt floated off and got lost.
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Two astronauts went spacewalking on   Tuesday to hook up a solar power unit after it was installed on   the International Space Station in the first addition to the   space complex in nearly four years.