Now, `sticky-feet` robots to fix space stations

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 15:40

Researchers have developed a climbing robot that has dry but sticky gecko-like feet and can crawl around an orbiting spacecraft to maintain and repair it.

Urgent spacewalks planned to fix space station`s cooling system

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 09:55

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station will begin a series of spacewalks this weekend to repair the orbital outpost`s cooling system, delaying a cargo resupply flight until January, NASA said on Tuesday.

NASA mulls spacewalks to fix space station

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 10:03

A series of spacewalks might be necessary to fix a breakdown in the equipment cooling system aboard the International Space Station, NASA said Friday.