WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Astronauts from NASA and the European Space Agency conducted a spacewalk to install new lithium ion batteries aboard the International Space Station.
The spacewalk was conducted by NASA's Shane Kimbrough and ESA's Thomas Pesquet. The event marked the fourth spacewalk for Kimbrough, and the first for Pesquet. The operation began at approximately 7:00 a.m. EST.