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<\/a>NASA astronauts\u00a0Nick Hague<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Christina Koch<\/a>\u00a0have begun the second spacewalk in a week to complete the installation of new batteries to upgrade the International Space Station<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0 power capability.<\/p>\n The\u00a0duo from the\u00a0Expedition 59<\/a>\u00a0crew\u00a0switched their spacesuits to battery power at\u00a07:42 a.m. EDT to begin the estimated six-and-a-half hour spacewalk.<\/p>\n Watch the spacewalk on NASA TV and on the\u00a0agency\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n This is the 215th spacewalk in support of space station assembly and maintenance. Hague is extravehicular crew member 1 (EV 1), wearing the suit with red stripes and helmet camera #20. Koch is extravehicular crew member 2 (EV 2), wearing the suit without stripes and helmet camera #18.<\/p>\n This is the second battery replacement\u00a0spacewalk in the past week, continuing work Hague and\u00a0Anne McClain<\/a> performed March 22 to install adapter plates and complete electrical connections for three of six new lithium-ion batteries for the station\u2019s port truss. The batteries store power generated by the station\u2019s solar arrays to provide power to the microgravity laboratory when the station is not in sunlight as it circles Earth during orbital night.<\/p>\n One of those new lithium ion batteries has not been successfully holding a charge, so as part of today\u2019s spacewalk, Hague will begin preparations for robotic operators to replace the new battery that is not working with the two old batteries, ensuring optimal power supply at the space station. Meanwhile, Koch will prepare the worksite for the delivery of the next six new lithium ion batteries that will arrive to the station aboard a Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle later this year to upgrade a third set of the solar arrays.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following @space_station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter as well as the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASA astronauts\u00a0Nick Hague<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Christina Koch<\/a>\u00a0have begun the second spacewalk in a week to complete the installation of new batteries to upgrade the International Space Station<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0 power capability.<\/p>\n The\u00a0duo from the\u00a0Expedition 59<\/a>\u00a0crew\u00a0switched their spacesuits to battery power at\u00a07:42 a.m. EDT to begin the estimated six-and-a-half hour spacewalk.<\/p>\n Watch the spacewalk on NASA TV and on the\u00a0agency\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n This is the 215th spacewalk in support of space station assembly and maintenance. Hague is extravehicular crew member 1 (EV 1), wearing the suit with red stripes and helmet camera #20. Koch is extravehicular crew member 2 (EV 2), wearing the suit without stripes and helmet camera #18.<\/p>\n This is the second battery replacement\u00a0spacewalk in the past week, continuing work Hague and\u00a0Anne McClain<\/a> performed March 22 to install adapter plates and complete electrical connections for three of six new lithium-ion batteries for the station\u2019s \u2026 Continue reading Second Spacewalk for Power Upgrades at Station Begins<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
<\/a>NASA astronaut Nick Hague is contrasted by the blackness of space during his first spacewalk on March 22, 2019. <\/p>\n