{"id":769931,"date":"2023-10-19T11:37:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T15:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=769931"},"modified":"2023-10-19T11:37:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T15:37:13","slug":"watch-live-as-nasa-astronauts-conduct-spacewalk-upgrade-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=769931","title":{"rendered":"Watch Live as NASA Astronauts Conduct Spacewalk, Upgrade Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli (center) assists astronauts Andreas Mogensen (left) from ESA (European Space Agency) and Loral O\u2019Hara (right) from NASA as they try on their spacesuits and test the suits\u2019 components aboard the International Space Station\u2019s Quest airlock in preparation for an upcoming spacewalk.<\/div>\n
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Two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station will conduct a spacewalk Monday, Oct. 30, to complete maintenance activities at the orbital complex.<\/p>\n

Live coverage of the spacewalk begins at 6:30 a.m. EDT on NASA Television, the NASA app<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s website<\/a>. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin about 8:05 a.m., and last about six-and-a-half hours.<\/p>\n

NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O\u2019Hara will exit the station\u2019s Quest airlock to remove an electronics box called the Radio Frequency Group from a communications antenna on station. They also will replace one of 12 trundle bearing assemblies on a solar alpha rotary joint. The bearings enable the station\u2019s solar arrays to rotate properly to track the Sun as the station orbits the Earth. When looking at the space station, the antenna is on the starboard (right side) truss, and the rotary joint is on the port, or left side.<\/p>\n

U.S. spacewalk 89 will be the first for both Moghbeli and O\u2019Hara. Moghbeli will serve as extravehicular activity crew member 1 and will wear a suit with red stripes. O\u2019Hara will serve as extravehicular crew member 2 and will wear an unmarked suit.<\/p>\n

Station managers continue planning for another spacewalk with O\u2019Hara, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, to collect samples for analysis to see whether microorganisms may exist on the exterior of the orbital complex. That spacewalk, which now is U.S. spacewalk 90, has been postponed<\/a> to no earlier than December.<\/p>\n

Get breaking news, images and features from the space station on the station blog<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, and X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn more about International Space Station research and operations at:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Josh Finch \/ Julian Coltre
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ julian.n.coltre@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sandra Jones
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

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