CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in.
Commander Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore floated out to remove a broken antenna and wipe the station’s exterior for evidence of any microbes that might still be alive after launching from Earth and escaping through vents.
They had trouble unbolting the balky antenna, which had thwarted previous spacewalkers. “It’s not budging,” Wilmore reported as the job dragged on 260 miles (420 kilometers) up.
Mission Control canceled all other chores so the two could focus on the antenna, NASA’s top priority.
The pair expected to stay just
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