The US space agency NASA says two astronauts installed a roll-out solar array on the International Space Station on Thursday. It was the first activity outside the ISS since a fluid leak from a Soyuz spacecraft on December 14 led to the postponement of a spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts.
Flight engineers, including Japanese astronaut Wakata Koichi, operated a robotic arm to support the installation.
NASA and Russian space officials are investigating what caused the fluid leak. They say it did not pose any risk to the ISS crew.
Flight engineers, including Japanese astronaut Wakata Koichi, operated a robotic arm to support the installation.
NASA and Russian space officials are investigating what caused the fluid leak. They say it did not pose any risk to the ISS crew.
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Astronauts install solar array on International Space Station; first space activity since December 14 fluid leak from Soyuz spacecraft. Investigation ongoing into cause of the leak, deemed non-threatening to crew. Japanese astronaut Wakata Koichi and other flight engineers operated a robotic arm
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URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221223_13/
Date: Dec. 23, 2022
Created: 2022/12/23 15:09
Updated: 2025/12/09 10:03
Last Read: 2022/12/23 15:21