NASA’s coverage is underway on NASA+ as two astronauts will conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at approximately 8 a.m. EST and last about six and a half hours.0
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NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will exit the station’s Quest airlock to remove a radio frequency group antenna assembly from the station’s truss, collect samples of surface material for analysis from the Destiny laboratory and the Quest airlock to see whether microorganisms may exist on the exterior of the orbital complex, and prepare a spare elbow joint for the Canadarm2 robotic arm in the event it is needed for a replacement.
Williams will serve as spacewalk crew member 1 and wear a suit with red stripes. Wilmore will serve as spacewalk crew member 2 and wear an unmarked suit. This spacewalk will be Williams’ ninth and Wilmore’s fifth, and it will be the 274th spacewalk in support of space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades.
Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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