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<\/a>Four Expedition 69<\/a> astronauts practiced simulated robotic maneuvers on a computer today to support a spacewalk scheduled for Thursday. Three cosmonauts are gearing up for another spacewalk planned to take place next week from the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen<\/a> and Woody Hoburg<\/a> are preparing for their second spacewalk together set to start at 8:55 a.m. EDT on Thursday. The spacewalkers will install the orbital outpost\u2019s sixth roll-out solar array on the opposite side of the starboard truss segment<\/a> opposite where they installed the fifth roll-out solar array on Friday, June 9<\/a>. NASA TV will begin its live broadcast of the spacewalk at 7:30 a.m. on the agency\u2019s app<\/a> and website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bowen and Hoburg joined Flight Engineers Frank Rubio<\/a> of NASA and Sultan Alneyadi<\/a> of UAE (United Arab Emirates) for robotics training on a computer during Tuesday afternoon. The quartet practiced simulated Canadarm2 robotic arm<\/a> maneuvers necessary to support Bowen and Hoburg when they remove the roll-out solar array from its flight support equipment and install it on the starboard truss. The two spacewalkers also prepared their tools inside the Quest airlock<\/a>, printed checklists they will attach to their spacesuit cuffs, and reviewed more spacewalk procedures on a computer.<\/p>\n The four astronauts joined each other at the end of the day for eye checks as Bowen and Hoburg scanned the eyes of Rubio and Alneyadi using standard medical imaging gear found in an optometrist\u2019s office. Rubio and Alneyadi spent the first part of their day servicing a variety of exercise equipment and orbital plumbing hardware.<\/p>\n Commander Sergey Prokopyev<\/a> and Dmitri Petelin<\/a> spent all day Tuesday preparing for a spacewalk planned for Thursday, June 22. The duo studied procedures and located tools they will use when they exit the orbital outpost\u2019s Poisk airlock<\/a> next week. The two cosmonauts will remove and replace communications and science hardware and photograph the condition of the Zvezda service module<\/a> during next week\u2019s spacewalk.<\/p>\n Roscosmos Flight Engineer Andrey Fedyaev<\/a> worked throughout Tuesday maintaining Zvezda\u2019s Elektron oxygen generator and replacing smoke detectors in the Nauka science module<\/a>. At the end of the day, Fedyaev worked out on the advanced resistive exercise device while ground specialists monitored his workout form and hardware operations.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the\u00a0space station blog<\/a>,\u00a0@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 weekly video highlights at:\u00a0https:\/\/roundupreads.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here:\u00a0www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Four Expedition 69 astronauts practiced simulated robotic maneuvers on a computer today to support a spacewalk scheduled for Thursday. Three cosmonauts are gearing up for another spacewalk planned to take place next week from the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg are preparing for their second spacewalk \u2026 Continue reading
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