--- description: Astronauts Kate Rubins and Jeff Williams are installing a new dock on the International Space Station. title: Watch NASA Astronauts On A Six-Hour Spacewalk image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch NASA Astronauts Install a New Dock on International Space Station by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 19, 2016 1:40 PM CUT by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 19, 2016 1:40 PM CUT NASA astronauts are undertaking a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk Friday morning to [install a new dock](https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/19/watch-nasa-astronauts-spacewalk-to-install-a-new-dock-for-the-international-space-station/ "undefined") on the International Space Station. Astronauts Kate Rubins and Jeff Williams began the spacewalk shortly after 8am EST. You can watch a live broadcast streaming their work above. The new dock will be used in 2017 by private companies Boeing and SpaceX to bring their crews to the International Space Station. Much of the work on the dock was prepared before the international docking adapter was delivered by SpaceX on July 20. This is Rubins’ first spacewalk and Williams’ fourth. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4458971/watch-nasa-spacewalk-dock-august-2016/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4458971/watch-nasa-spacewalk-dock-august-2016/"},"headline":"Watch NASA Astronauts Install a New Dock on International Space Station","datePublished":"2016-08-19T13:40:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:05:26.001Z","description":"It's a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk","url":"https://time.com/4458971/watch-nasa-spacewalk-dock-august-2016/","keywords":["Space","NASA","international space station","SpaceX"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4458971/watch-nasa-spacewalk-dock-august-2016/","name":"Watch NASA Astronauts Install a New Dock on International Space Station"}}]}] ```