U.S.-Japanese Spacewalking Team Wraps Up Replacement of Canadarm2 'Hands'

By Ben Evans, on February 16th, 2018

Astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Norishige Kanai spent five hours and 57 minutes outside the International Space Station (ISS) on U.S. EVA-48. Photo Credit: NASA/Twitter

The spectacular sight of the Sun rising from behind the limb of the Home Planet was closely mirrored by the “circle of the Sun” on the sleeve of […]

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Spacewalkers Vande Hei and Tingle Service Space Station Robotic Arm

By Ben Evans, on January 23rd, 2018

Scott Tingle became the 222nd human to perform an Extravehicular Activity (EVA) on Tuesday, 23 January. His spacewalk with Mark Vande Hei lasted seven hours and 24 minutes and successfully replaced the Latching End Effector (LEE)-B on Canadarm2. Photo Credit: NASA/Twitter

A pair of fiftysomething fathers labored for seven hours and 24 minutes […]

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Expedition 53 Spacewalkers Replace Latching End Effector, First Canadarm2 Major Maintenance in 16 Years

By Ben Evans, on October 5th, 2017

Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik (with red stripes on the legs of his suit) and Mark Vande Hei labor outside the International Space Station (ISS) to remove and replace Latching End Effector (LEE)-A on Canadarm2. Photo Credit: NASA/CSA/Jason Seagram/Twitter

Two astronauts representing the Marine Corps and Army branches of the U.S. Armed Forces […]

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