The two astronauts have a busy day ahead of them. Hague and Williams will "patch light leaks in the NICER X-ray telescope, then ready the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer for future upgrades," NASA officials wrote in a Jan. 15 blog post.

NASA’s stuck astronaut steps out on a spacewalk after 7 months in orbit Credit: NASA Watch live as one of NASA’s two stranded astronauts, Suni Williams, steps out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station more than seven months ago.