Spacewalkers Complete ISS Robot Arm Upgrades

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Spacewalking NASA astronauts upgraded the International Space Station’s Canadian robot arm on Oct. 20, teeing up next month’s planned arrival of the eighth NASA-contracted Orbital ATK Cygnus resupply mission to the six-person orbiting science lab. The astronauts replaced a poorly focused...

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