Cosmonaut Nikolai Chub working on the Russian segment of the International Space Station during an April 2024 spacewalk.

MILAN – Spacewalks, often a highlight of space missions, are likely to change in the future as given advancements in robotics and teleoperations. Every time an astronaut steps out of a space vehicle, “that is an incredible, high-level-risk activity,” Golda Nguyen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Aeronautics and Astronautics PhD student and National Defense Science and […]

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...