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First of five spacewalks replacing outdated nickel hydrogen batteries with within ion batteries. snow small job. the area where the new batteries are being put in his band the reach of the stations 58-foot robotic arm. the astronauts had to manually move the batteries inchworm style from a palette to the worksite. mission control congratulated them on a job well done. >> with that to thank you for your awesome work today. we have made great progress in upgrading the batteries. nice job. >> thank you so much. it's been a wonderful day for us and it's an honor to be part of your team. we look fo...

International space station where astronauts are installing some new batteries. we have more here on earth hi, jackie. >> hi eric it is the first in a series of ten space walks planned over next three months to complete repair and upgrades the international space station on today mission astronaut christina cooke and andrew morgan for six and a half hours they'll exit the station's quest air lock in their space suits and begin work on the port six trust structure. replacing nickel hydrogen battery with more powerful lithium-ion battery and solar powered to keep station on when it is not in the...

Next month, they spent 7 hours, one minute outside of the international space station. replacing the outdated batteries. new batteries are so powerful you only need one to replace every two they take out, they of to last until end of space station life. but the job of replacing them is anything but simple. power trek long as a football field, the spot where they are installed cannot be reached by the robotic arm, astronaut drag the batteries bark and forth from -- back and forth from the ballot and work site, they are 400 pounds and bulky. >> we'd like to thank you for your awesome work today,...

Lithium batteries. the strut stretches a length after football field. the area where the battery is put in is beyond the reach of the robot arm. they have to manually remove the batteries from the end of the arm to the worksite. they will focus on the spectrometer which analyzes dark matter and cosmic ray events. nasa announced teams an dates for future spacewalks include as date for the first-ever all female spacewalk a few weeks away on october 21st. seven months ago, nasa had to cancel the all female spacewalk that they didn't have enough suits that were the right size. this has female astr...

Tonight. this time we are told in irs official has reported one treasury department official for allegedly trying to metal in the services' annual audit of a tax return of the president and vice president. the complaint include that the whistle-blower was told about the alleged interference second hand. president from going public in a new challenge to look into the business dally dealings with the bidens. that topic live next. we get it. it's just the way things are. when you're under pressure to get the job done, it seems you have to accept the fact that some equipment will sit idle, or unde...