06 February 2020
Record-setting astronaut Christina Koch and crewmates return from ISS
.... During his time in space for Expeditions 60 and 61, Parmitano conducted four spacewalks, totaling 25 hours and 30 minutes. He has now conducted six spacewalks in his career, totaling 33 hours and 9 minutes. Parmitano was commander of Expedition...
February 2016
200 Days in Space: Living in Orbit
... stay, there were three EVAs (extra-vehicular activity) or spacewalks, so my colleagues Butch and Terry got to go outside three... hours to do what we would do in space during a spacewalk. The Expedition 42 crew highlights its link to the ‘Hitchhiker’s...
July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
... Kennedy’s objective. Thus Gemini was designed to prepare for Apollo: docking two spacecraft, long duration spaceflight, spacewalks and rendezvousing in space. Unmanned probes to the Moon tested the consistency of its surface and produced detailed...
June 2021
Autonomous robots in space
... to learn the route he might take outside the Space Station on a spacewalk, helping him to take decisions and act more quickly during the actual spacewalk. As more actual faults are introduced, the ML software will become increasingly...
April 2026
Spaceflight and the radiation problem
... window to enable a return journey. This means we’re looking at 18 months to three years of exposure to the deep space environment. A spacewalk can be fun, as this image of NASA’s Jessica Meir shows, but astronauts who spend six months in space...
October 2026
Stitching the Moonwalker – how AI, seamstresses and Prada are reinventing the spacesuit
... almost all adult body sizes, and support eight-hour spacewalks. The suit integrates life-support, pressure garments, avionics and...see clearly on the Moon, read displays and work during long spacewalks. Axiom lunar EVA suit as unveiled at the IAC in ...
