Astronaut Completes Spacewalk Without Helmet Camera, Lights

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir works to finish upgrading the International Space Station's power grid, on Jan. 15, 2020. NASA via AP

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Spacewalking astronauts had to make do with fewer lights and camera views from one helmet while performing critical battery work outside the International Space Station on Jan.15.

It was the second pairing of NASA’s Jessica Meir and Christina Koch outside the orbiting lab. Last October, they teamed up for the world’s first all-female spacewalk.