We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The goal is to have safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the International Space Station and foster commercial access to other potential low-Earth orbit destinations.NASA selected Boeing and SpaceX in September 2014 to transport crew to the International Space Station from the United States. Behnken and Cassidy will complete the work during the final two spacewalks later this month.Cassidy and Behnken also will route power and ethernet cables in preparation for the installation of a new external wireless communications system with an enhanced HD camera and to increase helmet camera coverage for future spacewalks. 7,752 Followers, 219 Following, 547 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Kate Robbins (@katerobbins) 3.9K likes. To support future power system upgrades, they also will remove a device called an “H-Fixture” that was installed before the solar arrays were launched to the space station.This was the eighth spacewalk for both each astronaut. Tag: Kate Rubins Cassidy and Behnken Wrap up Battery Spacewalk ... station activities by following @space_station and @ISS_Research on Twitter as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts. Cassidy now has spent a total of 43 hours and 22 minutes spacewalking. They successfully moved and connected one new, powerful lithium-ion battery and its adapter place to complete the circuit to the new battery and relocated one aging nickel-hydrogen battery to an external platform for future disposal.They also loosened the bolts on nickel-hydrogen batteries that will be replaced to complete the power capability upgrade on the far starboard truss and complete the station’s battery replacement work that began in January 2017 with the first series of power upgrade spacewalks. Kate Rubins. 155.5k Likes, 629 Comments - International Space Station (@iss) on Instagram: “Kate Rubins, member of the 2009 class of NASA Astronauts, has been assigned to a six-month station…” She became the 60th woman to fly in space when she launched on a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station on July 7, 2016. Behnken has now spent a total of 49 hours and 41 minutes spacewalking.NASA's Commercial Crew Program has worked with several American aerospace industry companies to facilitate the development of U.S. human spaceflight systems since 2010. Last minute preparations are being completed before next week’s launch to the International Space Station. These integrated spacecraft, rockets and associated systems will carry up to four astronauts on NASA missions, maintaining a space station crew of seven to maximize time dedicated to scientific research on the orbiting laboratory. Kathleen Hallisey "Kate" Rubins (born October 14, 1978) is a NASA astronaut. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. She was a crew member of Expedition 48 and Expedition 49 of the International Space Station. Rubins accepted a Fellow/Principal Investigator position at the Rubins was selected in July 2009 as one of 14 members of She became the 60th woman in space when she launched on Rubins left Earth for the first time on July 7, 2016 on board the new During her first stay in space, she also spent 12 hours and 46 minutes outside the station on two separate Rubins returned to Earth on October 30, 2016 after 115 days in space.Rubins is scheduled to launch on her second mission on October 14, 2020 with Russian cosmonauts NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. She returned to Earth on October 30, 2016 aboard a Soyuz. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Page for fans of Kathleen Rubins, ISS astronaut. Nov 8, 2016 - NASA astronaut Kate Rubins Instagram photo by @iss