Last year saw an unusual dip on the International Space Station (ISS): Just three spacewalks took place in 2024, compared to 12 in 2023. And NASA astronauts haven’t performed a spacewalk since June ...

Following a months-long hiatus, NASA astronauts are ready to step outside of the International Space Station (ISS) once again and conduct some orbital handiwork. NASA plans to resume spacewalks in ...

Two spacewalks are planned for this month to service science experiments attached to the outside of the International Space Station (ISS)—the first time NASA astronauts are set to step outside the ...

Astronaut Kathryn Thornton works on the Hubble Space Telescope in 1993. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—NASA is preparing to resume spacewalks outside the International Space Station (ISS) in January, the agency ...

On Oct. 14, 2024, an X account claimed a photo showed an astronaut performing the first spacewalk without a safety tether linked to a spacecraft. "This iconic photograph is still considered one of the ...

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams in June 2024. The duo took their first spacewalk together on January 30, 2025. NASA NASA’s two Starliner astronauts—Sunita ...

NASA plans to resume spacewalks on the space station in 2025 after a leaky spacesuit suspended those activities in June. "We are planning our next set ... early next year," Bill Spetch, operations and ...