A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station today. ...more

November 21, 2009

A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the International Space Station today and even whipped off an extra chore. ...more

November 19, 2009

As Clearwater High School graduate Nicole Passonno Stott took a spacewalk Tuesday, her friends and family watched intently from Capogna's Dugout Italian Restaurant and Sports Bar. Television sets normally tuned to the Rays or Bucs in the Clearwater establishment were fixed on the NASA channel as Stott removed an ammonia tank from the International Space Station. The flight engineer is one of seven astronauts who blasted off Friday aboard space shuttle Discovery. They hooked up Sunday with the space station, where Stott will spend the next three months. ...more

September 2, 2009

A graduate of Clearwater High School who rocketed into space last week will step outside for a walk today. Flight engineer Nicole Stott, who also attended St. Petersburg College and the University of Central Florida, is scheduled to begin a spacewalk with mission specialist Danny Olivas at 5:49 p.m. today. ...more

September 1, 2009

The platforms are supposed to secure big spare parts, like gyroscopes and pumps, that will be needed once NASA's shuttles stop flying in 2010. ...more

March 23, 2009

Astronauts took another spacewalk at the International Space Station on Saturday, this time to lighten the workload for future crews. ...more

March 22, 2009

CAPE CANAVERAL - A pair of astronauts ventured out on a spacewalk Thursday to help install the last set of solar wings at the international space station. ...more

March 19, 2009

CAPE CANAVERAL - The astronaut who lost her tool bag on a spacewalk admitted Wednesday that she made a mistake by not checking to see if the sack was tied down, and said she's still smarting over the whole thing. ...more

November 19, 2008

A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag Tuesday after a grease gun inside it exploded, and helplessly watched as the tote and everything inside floated away. ...more

November 19, 2008

A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag Tuesday after a grease gun inside it exploded, and helplessly watched as the tote and everything inside floated away. ...more

November 18, 2008