{"id":5922,"date":"2021-01-25T18:19:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T22:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/station-crew-gearing-up-for-wednesdays-spacewalk\/"},"modified":"2021-01-25T18:19:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T22:19:41","slug":"station-crew-gearing-up-for-wednesdays-spacewalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/station-crew-gearing-up-for-wednesdays-spacewalk\/","title":{"rendered":"Station Crew Gearing Up for Wednesday\u2019s Spacewalk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Station Crew Gearing Up for Wednesday\u2019s Spacewalk<\/h2>\n

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Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Victor Glover works on U.S. spacesuit maintenance inside the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Several Expedition 64<\/a> crewmembers are gearing up for the first two spacewalks of 2021. The rest of the crew spent Monday on science and maintenance tasks aboard the International Space Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Flight Engineers Michael Hopkins<\/a> and Victor Glover<\/a> spent Monday configuring the hardware they will install on Europe\u2019s Columbus laboratory module<\/a> during Wednesday\u2019s spacewalk. The spacewalkers will attach a new antenna and route cables on the\u00a0 Bartolomeo<\/a> science platform outside Columbus.<\/p>\n

Hopkins and Glover will set their U.S. spacesuits to battery power around 7 a.m. EST Wednesday signifying the start of their spacewalk. NASA TV will begin its live coverage at 5:30 a.m. as both astronauts prepare to exit the station\u2019s Quest airlock<\/a> into the vacuum of space.<\/p>\n

Their fellow astronauts Kate Rubins<\/a> of NASA and Soichi Noguchi<\/a> of JAXA will assist Hopkins and Glover during the first spacewalk. The duo practiced robotics maneuvers today on a computer and reviewed spacewalk procedures. Rubins will be the prime operator of the Canadarm2 robotic arm<\/a>, with Noguchi backing her up, to assist both spacewalkers.<\/p>\n

The second spacewalk will take place on Feb. 1 with the same two spacewalkers. This time they will wrap up battery maintenance on the port side of the orbiting lab\u2019s truss structure. The duo will then move over to the Kibo laboratory module<\/a> to remove and replace high-definition video cameras. NASA TV will again start at 5:30 a.m. with the spacewalk set to begin about 7 a.m.<\/p>\n

The three other crew members aboard the orbiting lab focused on space research and lab maintenance throughout Monday.<\/p>\n

NASA Flight Engineer Shannon Walker<\/a> explored ways to produce vitamins and other nutrients to enhance a crew member\u2019s diet while living in space for the BioNutrients<\/a> study. Commander Sergey Ryzhikov<\/a> joined his fellow cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov<\/a> for Russian research in the morning. Ryzhikov then moved on to packing a Russian cargo craft ahead of its Feb. 9 departure. Kud-Sverchkov worked on Earth observations then serviced computer gear.<\/p>\n

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Several Expedition 64 crewmembers are gearing up for the first two spacewalks of 2021. The rest of the crew spent Monday on science and maintenance tasks aboard the International Space Station. Flight Engineers Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover spent Monday configuring the hardware they will install on Europe\u2019s Columbus laboratory module during Wednesday\u2019s spacewalk. The \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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