
NASA astronauts complete spacewalk
March 13 (UPI) -- Astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover, Jr., completed a nearly 7-hour spacewalk outside of the International Space Station on Saturday afternoon. The astronauts wrapped their spacewalk at 3:01 p.m. EST, according to NASA's Twitter feed, which also live streamed the event. Advertisement Hopkins and Glover captured video of the walk using helmet cameras, allowing the public to see from their perspective. The astronauts were scheduled to conduct space-based maintenance on the orbiting platform, including connecting power cables for the new European science platform, Bortolomeo. Glover and Hopkins attempted to connect the cables in January but couldn't due to a mechanical issue. The walk began as scheduled at 8:14 a.m. According to NASA, on Saturday, the astronauts vent...