News Archive / Tagged: EVA-48

• Spacewalking astronauts finish Canadarm2 work at breakneck speed

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 16th, 2018

  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 (EVAs) over some four months.

• Software patch fixes Canadarm2 anomaly, US EVA-48 postponed

  Derek RichardsonJanuary 28th, 2018

  NASA has postponed its planned Jan. 29, 2018, spacewalk to swap a latching end effector (LEE) 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.

• NASA reports problem with newly installed robotic arm ‘hand’

  Derek RichardsonJanuary 27th, 2018

  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 (LEE) on an upcoming spacewalk after a problem was found with the new mechanism.

• NASA planning 2 spacewalks to replace Canadarm2 ‘hand’ despite US government shutdown

  Bart LeahyJanuary 20th, 2018

  Despite budget battles in Washington, D.C. resulting in a temporary shutdown of the U.S. federal government, NASA and the International Space Station's Expedition 54 crew still plan to carry out a pair of spacewalks to replace one of the 16-year-old "hands" on the outpost's robotic arm.