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<\/a>Three NASA astronauts remain focused on preparations for next week\u2019s spacewalk at the International Space Station<\/a>. The rest of the Expedition 60<\/a> focused on biology research and a pair of docked spaceships.<\/p>\n Flight Engineer Christina Koch<\/a> has been supporting spacewalkers Nick Hague<\/a> and Andrew Morgan<\/a>, as they get ready for the fifth spacewalk of the year on Aug. 21. The pair will install the new International Docking Adapter-3<\/a> (IDA-3) to the Harmony module<\/a>\u2019s space-facing port during the six-and-a-half-hour job.<\/p>\n Koch printed out checklists the spacewalkers will wear on their spacesuit cuffs and verified the spacesuits are the correct size. She also joined Hague and Morgan reviewing next week\u2019s spacewalk procedures. The spacewalking duo also set up the Quest airlock<\/a> where they will collect their tools and suit up ahead of their excursion.<\/p>\n Robotics controllers will remotely command the Canadarm2<\/a> to detach the IDA-3 from the rear portion of the SpaceX Dragon<\/a> on Monday. They will maneuver the new docking port to a pressurized mating adapter on top of Harmony readying it for Wednesday\u2019s spacewalk. Hague and Morgan in their U.S. spacesuits will then route cables and configure hardware readying the IDA-3 for new SpaceX and Boeing crew ships.<\/p>\n Luca Parmitano<\/a>, a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut on his second station mission, worked on a biology experiment today with potential benefits for the medicine industry. He tended to stem cell samples<\/a> growing in a specialized incubator<\/a> to help researchers understand cell behavior in space.<\/p>\n Cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin<\/a> and Alexander Skvortsov<\/a> checked out two docked Soyuz crew ships today. The duo tested and recharged communications gear in the vehicles and continued packing gear for return to Earth.<\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Three NASA astronauts remain focused on preparations for next week\u2019s spacewalk at the International Space Station<\/a>. The rest of the Expedition 60<\/a> focused on biology research and a pair of docked spaceships.<\/p>\n Flight Engineer Christina Koch<\/a> has been supporting spacewalkers Nick Hague<\/a> and Andrew Morgan<\/a>, as they get ready for the fifth spacewalk of the year on Aug. 21. The pair will install the new International Docking Adapter-3<\/a> (IDA-3) to the Harmony module<\/a>\u2019s space-facing port during the six-and-a-half-hour job.<\/p>\n Koch printed out checklists the spacewalkers will wear on their spacesuit cuffs and verified the spacesuits are the correct size. She also joined Hague and Morgan reviewing next week\u2019s spacewalk procedures. The spacewalking duo also set up the Quest airlock<\/a> where \u2026 Continue reading Station Preps for New Docking Port During Science and Soyuz Checks<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
<\/a>The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship is pictured attached to the International Space Station\u2019s Harmony module as the orbital complex flew 260 miles above the Nile River Delta in Egypt. <\/p>\n