International Space Station (ISS) Expedition Crew 6 astronauts, commander Ken Bowersox and science officer Don Pettit, will make a 6.5h spacewalk on 7 or 8 April to install a back-up power supply on one of four gyroscopes which has experienced several intermittent power interruptions.
The spacewalkers, working from a station on the mobile transporter "railcar", will in addition make preparations for the planned STS 115 Endeavour ISS assembly flight.
Source: Flight International
Orbital launch pioneer SpaceX is being contracted by the American space agency NASA to develop a so-called “US Deorbit Vehicle” that can safely return the International Space Station to Earth via controlled re-entry.
BAE Systems has completed its acquisition of Ball Aerospace, with the move further strengthening its US business presence.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has retired its Mars helicopter Ingenuity after the craft suffered damage upon landing.
