{"id":3822,"date":"2019-04-08T18:07:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T22:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alcowepcom22.necoram.com\/tyui5\/astronomy_astronomia\/u-s-and-canadian-astronauts-wrap-up-power-upgrades-spacewalk\/3822\/"},"modified":"2019-04-08T18:07:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T22:07:24","slug":"u-s-and-canadian-astronauts-wrap-up-power-upgrades-spacewalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/u-s-and-canadian-astronauts-wrap-up-power-upgrades-spacewalk\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. and Canadian Astronauts Wrap Up Power Upgrades Spacewalk"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. and Canadian Astronauts Wrap Up Power Upgrades Spacewalk<\/h2>\n

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Astronauts Anne McClain (left) and David Saint-Jacques work outside the International Space Station during their spacewalk on April 8, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Expedition 59<\/a>\u00a0Flight Engineers\u00a0Anne McClain<\/a> of NASA and\u00a0David Saint-Jacques<\/a> of the Canadian Space Agency concluded their spacewalk at 2 p.m. EDT. During the six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk, the two astronauts successfully\u00a0established a redundant path of power to the Canadian-built robotic arm, known as Canadarm2, and installed cables to provide for more expansive wireless communications coverage outside the orbital complex, as well as for enhanced hardwired computer network capability. The duo also relocated an adapter plate from the first spacewalk in preparation for future battery upgrade operations.<\/p>\n

This was the third spacewalk in just under a month on the space station. The first two spacewalks installed powerful lithium-ion batteries for one pair of the station\u2019s solar arrays. On March 22, the first spacewalk<\/a> was completed by McClain and fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hague<\/a>. On March 28, the second spacewalk<\/a> was completed by Hague and NASA astronaut Christina Koch<\/a>.<\/p>\n