Spacewalking astronauts wrapping up battery improvements
Spacewalking astronauts are wrapping up battery improvements outside the International Space Station
By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
Published: January 20, 2020, 7:44am
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of spacewalking astronauts wrapped up battery improvements outside the International Space Station on Monday, completing a job begun last fall.
NASA’s Jessica Meir and Christina Koch installed the last new battery in a set of six launched to the orbiting lab in September.
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