Astrobiology Away Team On The Outside Of The International Space Station (Update)
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara shows off tools she planned to use during an earlier spacewalk to swab surfaces on the International Space Station and collect potential microbe samples for analysis. – larger image
Two astronauts conduct a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station on Thursday 13 June 2024. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and last about six and a half hours.
NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson and Matt Dominick will exit the station’s Quest airlock to complete the removal of a faulty electronics box, called a radio frequency group, from a communications antenna on the starboard truss of the space station.
The pair also will collect samples for analysis to understand the ability of microorganisms to survive and reproduce on the exterior of the orbiting laboratory.
Update: The spacewalk today, June 13, at the International Space Station did not proceed as scheduled due to a spacesuit discomfort issue.
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