Spacewalking Astronauts Shrug Off Glitch During Repair Job on Space Station

Two NASA astronauts embarked on a spacewalk today (Jan. 23) and successfully replaced a degraded robotic "hand" outside the International Space Station (ISS) despite a software glitch that left the team running behind schedule. Expedition 54 flight engineers Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle suited up early today and emerged from the Quest airlock at 6:49 a.m. EST (1149 GMT) — 21 minutes ahead of schedule — and they spent a total of 7 hours and 24 minutes working outside the orbiting laboratory. More

(Source: Space.com - Jan 24)