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ESA, NASA Astronauts Conclude Spacewalk at ISS
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NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 3:29 p.m. During the 6-hour, 49-minute spacewalk, Jessica Meir and Sophie Adenot installed a new retroflector on the forward port of the space station’s Harmony module to support spacecraft navigation during rendezvous and docking operations.
It also was the 284th spacewalk in support of space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades. They also partially completed work to install jumper cables for electrical systems and started work to prepare for the replacement of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer’s heat-rejecting radiator on a future spacewalk.
Mission Control deferred installing the remaining guide studs for the spectrometer’s replacement radiator so engineers can develop a plan to finish the work during a future spacewalk. The duo replaced a high-definition camera on the station’s truss and completed a swab of the space station’s exterior for microorganisms.
Jessica Meir now ranks third all-time among woman at NASA for total spacewalks, behind Peggy Whitson (10) and Suni Williams (9). During the spacewalk, Sophie Adenot experienced some mobility issues with her left arm.
Jessica Meir took a look at Sophie Adenot’s suit and determined the glove heater harness was likely getting caught and causing limited movement in the left shoulder joint. As the crew fell behind the timeline, the mission control team also shifted completion of the remaining jumper cables and other noncritical tasks to a later date.
Unzipping the joint seemed to resolve the issue ahead of the crew entering the airlock.
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- NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 3:29 p.m.
- During the 6-hour, 49-minute spacewalk, Jessica Meir and Sophie Adenot installed a new retroflector on the forward port of the space station’s Harmony module to support spacecraft navigation during rendezvous and…
- The duo replaced a high-definition camera on the station’s truss and completed a swab of the space station’s exterior for microorganisms.
- They also partially completed work to install jumper cables for electrical systems and started work to prepare for the replacement of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer’s heat-rejecting radiator on a future spacewalk.
- Mission Control deferred installing the remaining guide studs for the spectrometer’s replacement radiator so engineers can develop a plan to finish the work during a future spacewalk.
- As the crew fell behind the timeline, the mission control team also shifted completion of the remaining jumper cables and other noncritical tasks to a later date.
- During the spacewalk, Sophie Adenot experienced some mobility issues with her left arm.
- Jessica Meir took a look at Sophie Adenot’s suit and determined the glove heater harness was likely getting caught and causing limited movement in the left shoulder joint.
Sources
- NASA Science (.gov)link