Two of the astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) will soon be performing two exciting spacewalks, to install new equipment and perform upgrades to the outer part of the station. The first spacewalk will be this week on Wednesday, January 27, and the second will be next week on Monday, February 1. NASA will be livestreaming both full spacewalks and we’ve got all the details on how you can watch both events live. What to expect from the spacewalks The two spacewalks will be conducted by NASA Flight Engineers Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover, both of whom arrived at the ISS on the SpaceX Crew Dragon on its first operations mission in November last year. The first spacewalk will complete work on the cabling and rigging for the European Space Agency’s Bartolomeo platform which is attached to the station’s Columbus module. Bartolomeo will host scientific and commercial projects including a device for measuring plasma in the space environment, with preparations for its arrival beginning with modifications to the outside of the space station last year. The second spacewalk will include the installation of an adapter plate for lithium-ion batteries, part of an upgrade of the station’s power systems… Read full this story
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