--- title: NASA Astronauts Spacewalk to Install Dock at Space Station description: Astronauts Kate Rubins and Jeff Williams are installing a new dock on the International Space Station. canonical: https://time.com/4458971/watch-nasa-spacewalk-dock-august-2016/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-19T13:40:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:05:26.001Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch NASA Astronauts On A Six-Hour Spacewalk og:description: The astronauts are installing a new dock on the International Space Station og:url: https://time.com/4458971/watch-nasa-spacewalk-dock-august-2016/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch NASA Astronauts On A Six-Hour Spacewalk twitter:description: The astronauts are installing a new dock on the International Space Station twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch NASA Astronauts Install a New Dock on International Space Station by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 19, 2016 1:40 PM UTC by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 19, 2016 1:40 PM UTC 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/) 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"}}]}] ```