Spacewalking astronauts finish Canadarm2 work at breakneck speed

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Spacewalking astronauts finish Canadarm2 work at breakneck speed

Two astronauts—one American, the other Japanese—suited up to venture outside the International Space Station to finish work upgrading the outpost’s robotic Canadarm2, a process that has now involved five extravehicular activities over some four months.

The six-hour U.S. EVA-48 began when NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Norishige Kanai put on their suits and exited the Quest airlock.

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Software patch fixes Canadarm2 anomaly, US EVA-48 postponed

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Software patch fixes Canadarm2 anomaly, US EVA-48 postponed

NASA has postponed its planned Jan. 29, 2018, spacewalk to swap a latching end effector on the International Space Station’s robotic Canadarm2 after robotics specialists devised a software patch to fix a communications anomaly with the recently-installed mechanism.

While an exact date has not been set, the agency said it is targeting mid-February for the rescheduled outing.

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NASA reports problem with newly installed Robotic arm 'hand'

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NASA reports problem with newly installed Robotic arm 'hand'

Just days after installing a new grapple fixture on the International Space Station’s robotic Canadarm2, NASA is working on a plan to re-install the old latching end effector on an upcoming spacewalk after a problem was found with the new mechanism.

U.S. EVA-28 was already planned for Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, less than a week after the previous spacewalk installed the new LEE.

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