NASA will supply reside protection as two Roscosmos cosmonauts behavior a spacewalk out of doors of the World Area Station on Thursday, Dec. 19.
NASA’s reside protection starts at 9:45 a.m. EST, Thursday on NASA+. Discover ways to watch NASA content material via various platforms, together with social media. The spacewalk is scheduled to start at roughly 10:10 a.m. and ultimate about six and a part hours.
Expedition 72 crewmates Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner will challenge out of doors the station’s Poisk module to put in an experiment bundle designed to watch celestial x-ray assets and new electric connector patch panels and take away a number of experiments for disposal. The 2 cosmonauts additionally will relocate a keep watch over panel for the Eu robot arm, which is connected to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexsandr Gorbunov will function the arm right through the spacewalk from within the station.
Roscosmos spacewalk 63 would be the 2d for Ovchinin and the primary for Vagner. Ovchinin will put on an Orlan spacesuit with pink stripes, and Vagner will put on a spacesuit with blue stripes. It is going to be the 272nd spacewalk in enhance of house station meeting, repairs, and upgrades.
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