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Astronaut Anna Fisher: The First Mom in Space (Photos)

Watch two astronauts swap out batteries on the outside of the space station today

This morning, NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Shane Kimbrough will take a stroll outside of the International Space Station to help upgrade the orbiting lab’s power systems. Specifically, the duo are going to help swap out the old nickel-hydrogen batteries the ISS has been using with new, more efficient lithium-ion batteries. The duo are veterans of […]