News Archive / Tagged: Kate Rubins

• Spacewalkers begin prepping space station for new solar arrays

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 28th, 2021

  Expedition 64 flight engineers and NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover ventured outside the International Space Station for the first of two spacewalks to ready the outpost for new solar arrays later this year.

• ISS Expedition 64 crew launches to ISS in record time

  Cullen DesforgesOctober 16th, 2020

  On Wednesday, October 14 at 1:45 AM EDT, three astronauts and their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft left the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to begin a six month mission to the International Space Station.

• Three nations, one landing: Expedition 49 crew members return safely to Earth

  Jason RhianOctober 30th, 2016

  Three expedition crew members returned to Earth last night via there Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft. The trio, each hailing from a different nation and space agency set down at 11:58 p.m. EDT (9:58 a.m. Oct. 30, local time) Kazakhstan.

• ISS spacewalkers retract thermal radiator, install HD cameras

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 2nd, 2016

  Two members of Expedition 48, NASA astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins, ventured outside the station for the second time in as many weeks. Their task was to retract an unused thermal radiator, install a new light bulb and attach high definition cameras on the truss of the International Space Station (ISS).

• EVA-37 spacewalkers to retract radiator, install external equipment

  Derek RichardsonAugust 30th, 2016

  Two weeks after installing International Docking Adapter 2 (IDA-2) on the front of the International Space Station (ISS), Expedition 48 astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins are gearing up to take another step outside the outpost. The two will retract and cover a thermal radiator as well as install a replacement lightbulb and a new high-definition camera on the station’s structure.

• New ‘front porch’ added to International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonAugust 20th, 2016

  Two members of the International Space Station’s Expedition 48 crew stepped outside the orbital complex to install a new “front porch”. The nearly six-hour long spacewalk started at 7:04 a.m. CDT (12:04 GMT) Aug. 19 with a goal to install International Docking Adapter-2 (IDA-2) to the forward end of the station.

• NASA previews spacewalk to install IDA-2

  Derek RichardsonAugust 16th, 2016

  Two members of the International Space Station’s (ISS) Expedition 48 crew will be performing a spacewalk this Friday to install an International Docking Adapter (IDA) on the forward end of the station. The docking ring was brought up on SpaceX’s CRS-9 Dragon mission and has been sitting inside the spacecraft's trunk since arriving at the orbiting outpost one month ago.

• Crew preps for spacewalk; advisory council warns of gap in ISS access

  Derek RichardsonAugust 6th, 2016

  With SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship securely attached to the International Space Station (ISS), and cargo being transferred, two members Expedition 48 are gearing up for a spacewalk, set for August 19. The spacewalk will see the installation of the International Docking Adapter (IDA).