Astronauts Begin Final Phase of Space Station Power Upgrade

CBS News reported that two astronauts stepped outside the International Space Station for the first of two spacewalks, part of work to complete a complex upgrade to the station's aging power system. The outlet's headline described the activity as the "final phase" of a space station upgrade. CBS News report on the spacewalks

According to CBS News, the two spacewalks are one week apart, so the second follows the first by one week. The headline states that the spacewalks began the final phase of the upgrade, and the summary of the report says they are intended to complete it.

The report described the power system as aging, but the summary available for this story did not specify the components being repaired or replaced, the tasks assigned to each astronaut, or how long either spacewalk would last. It also gave no account of how the spacewalks fit into the station's wider operations or schedule beyond the one-week interval stated in the report.

The summary does not name the two astronauts, and the material available does not identify the report's author. No other reporting was available for this story to confirm, expand, or contradict the account given by CBS News, so the details above rest on that single source.

The account of the events is brief because the material available consists of a headline and a short summary of the CBS News report. Within that material, the sequence is the only event described: a first spacewalk by two astronauts, followed one week later by a second spacewalk.

Sources: CBS News: Spacewalkers begin final phase of a space station upgrade.