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Final preparations are underway as the Expedition 70<\/a> crew gets ready for a maintenance spacewalk on Wednesday. Meanwhile, human research and a manufacturing study continued aboard the International Space Station<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Mission managers have given the go for NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli<\/a> and Loral O\u2019Hara<\/a> to conduct a near seven-hour spacewalk beginning at 8:05 a.m. EDT Wednesday<\/a>. The duo will remove radio communications gear and swap hardware that enables the orbiting lab\u2019s solar arrays to track the Sun. NASA TV will begin its spacewalk coverage at 6:30 a.m. on the agency\u2019s app and website.<\/p>\n The duo was joined today by Commander Andreas Mogensen<\/a> of ESA (European Space Agency) and Satoshi Furukawa<\/a> of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration) for the daylong spacewalk preparations. Moghbeli and O\u2019Hara kicked off the day with standard medical exams as Mogensen assisted the pair during the temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiratory checks. Furukawa gathered with the three astronauts reviewing the spacewalk procedures and calling down to ground specialists for a final readiness conference.<\/p>\n Moghbeli and O\u2019Hara also readied their tools and spacesuits inside the Quest airlock<\/a> where they will begin tomorrow\u2019s spacewalk. This will be the first spacewalk for both astronauts and the 12th<\/sup> at the space station this year.<\/p>\n The space station\u2019s three cosmonauts stayed focused on their daily schedule of science and maintenance in the Roscosmos segment of the station. The trio also finalized their clean up tasks following last Wednesday\u2019s spacewalk<\/a>.<\/p>\n Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko attached sensors to himself in the morning for a 24-hour session measuring his cardiac and blood pressure activity. Afterward, he swapped samples inside a 3D printer for a study exploring space manufacturing techniques. Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub opened the hatch between the Poisk module<\/a> and Progress 84<\/a> cargo craft and stowed spacewalk tools he and Kononenko used last week. Flight Engineer Konstantin Borisov handed over radiation detectors the astronauts will wear on their spacesuits on Wednesday then spent the rest of the day on life support and maintenance tasks.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the\u00a0space station blog<\/a>,\u00a0@space_station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on X, 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":" Final preparations are underway as the Expedition 70 crew gets ready for a maintenance spacewalk on Wednesday. Meanwhile, human research and a manufacturing study continued aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. Mission managers have given the go for NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O\u2019Hara to conduct a near seven-hour spacewalk beginning at 8:05 \u2026 Continue reading
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