Tim Peake is the first Briton to do a space walk. Astronauts Timothy Kopra and Timothy Peake at the International Space Station were scheduled to begin their spacewalk at 7:48am on Jan. 15, 2016.

Two astronauts on Sunday made the first spacewalk outside China’s new orbital station to set up cameras and other equipment using a 15-meter-long (50-foot-long) robotic arm. Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo ...

A view from the forearm of the Tiangong robotic arm, showing Zhang Lu at work during the first Shenzhou-21 EVA. Credit: CMSEO HELSINKI — Two Shenzhou-21 astronauts embarked on the mission’s first ...

They're fixing a jammed transporter rail car outside the space station. — -- NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra conducted an emergency space walk today to fix a jammed transporter rail car ...

Astronauts on the space shuttle Endeavour and International Space Station (ISS) won’t have to do a focused inspection of the orbiter’s heat shield, but engineers at Johnson Space Center in Houston ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is humanity's most expensive object and has been in orbit for 25 years. Read its ...

Aug. 3 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain, seeking a western route to India, with a convoy of three small ships -- the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa ...

The first all-female spacewalk will not take place in March as previously planned, according to NASA. NC State graduate Christina Koch and fellow astronaut Anne McClain were supposed to do a spacewalk ...