NASA flight engineer Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAVA) Kimchi Takata announced Thursday at 8:15 a.m. Switch to battery power. After the EMU was set up to run on batteries, the spacewalk for the astronauts officially commenced, and the astronauts exited the Quest airlock, entered the vacuum of space, and traveled to the starboard truss structure. increase. Upon arrival at the Starboard-4 traverse, it will complete the rebuild kit installation work that began on January 20th to prepare the station for the next rollout his solar his array.
Mann and Wakata began preparing the spacesuit and its parts for Quest on Wednesday. NASA Flight His engineer Frank Rubio then joined the two of him and began sorting out the tools and hardware for the spacewalk, before a final review of the procedure and a meeting with ground experts. Done. Her Roscosmos flight engineer, Anna Kikina, also provided astronauts with cosmic dosimeters (radiation detectors) to attach to their spacesuits. NASA TV will begin live coverage of the spacewalk on Thursday at 6:45 a.m. on the NASA app and website.
Rubio started his day by having NASA flight engineer Josh Cassada collect and process a blood sample, spin it in a centrifuge, store it in a scientific freezer, and analyze it later. The pair then split up to configure advanced research hardware and an ultra-high-definition video camera. Cassada has moved two of her TangoLab facilities from the Destiny Labs module research rack to the Columbus Labs module research rack. TangoLab Cube Modules enable a wide variety of space research, from microbiology to chemistry. Cassada also watered growing tomato plants for space plant research Veg-05. Rubio installed his Sphere Camera-1 in Destiny to appreciate its ultra-high definition capabilities.
This could be useful for future space travelers for vehicle inspections and Earth and space observations. Commander Sergey Prokopiev continued testing the 3D printer, verifying its performance under computer control. Roscosmos Flight His engineer Dmitry Petelin worked all day to stuff the ISS Progress 82 supply vessel with trash and discarded equipment before replacing the Air He filter in the Zvezda service module. After handing over the radiation detectors in the morning, Kikina operated the European robotic arm in his test mode module in Nauka’s multi-purpose laboratory.
The Expedition 68 crew kicked off Monday preparing for a spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station's power generation system on Thursday. The orbital residents also researched a variety of space phenomena and packed a cargo craft ahead of its upcoming departure.
On Station, preparation begins around two weeks ahead, with a set of procedures called the “Road to EVA”. “Preparing for a spacewalk will make up 2-3 hours of your schedule every day during this time,” Thomas explains. “The crew often carry out prep in their personal time as well.”
Any time an astronaut gets out of a vehicle while in space, it is called a spacewalk. A spacewalk is also called an EVA. EVA stands for extravehicular activity. The first person to go on a spacewalk was Alexei Leonov.
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