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NASA astronauts complete multi-year project to upgrade batteries on the ISS – Yahoo News Australia

The International Space Station Program approved the development of lithium-ion batteries to replace the station’s aging power storage system back in 2011…

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When NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover went on a spacewalk on February 1st, they wrapped up a multi-year effort to replace the aging nickel hydrogen batteries on the ISS with new lithium-ion models. The International Space Station Program approved the development of lithium-ion batteries to replace the stations aging power storage system back in 2011. Battery production started in 2014, and the first lithiumion replacements flew to the station aboard JAXAs Kounotori 6 resupply flight…

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