NASA Gives Green Light for Spacewalks

Nasa approvede a new method for members to attach themselves to the outside of the international space station for U.S. spacewalks. But the spacewalks had to be put on hold because some bubbling was found on the inside of some handrails still on the ground but similar to those that line the U.S. part of the floating lab. The spacewalks will be resumed by NASA but crew members will have to attach their tethers to a base that anchors the handrails to the station. NASA will continue testing the handrails to be sure of their safety, but results will not be available until april. The earliest scheduled spacewalk will not take place until this summer.


On July 20 of 1969, man first landed on the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first with his famous "one small leap for man. one giant leap for mankind". He was accompanied by his fellow member of the Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, and they spent two and a half hours exploring. This was an incredible feat and a major scientific advancement at the time. Now with spacewalks it will be commonplace to be out in space exploring.