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New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio have efficiently put in Roll-Out Photo voltaic Array on the starboard truss construction of the area station on Sunday.
NASA uploaded the video on Twitter and wrote, “Can we repair it? Sure, we will. Astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio have efficiently put in Roll-Out Photo voltaic Array on the starboard truss construction of the @Space_Station. They’ve additionally disconnected a cable permitting restoring an influence channel to 75% of its working capability.”
Astronauts ended their spacewalk round 12:51 am at present after efficiently putting in a brand new roll-out photo voltaic array on the station.
Can we repair it? Sure, we will
Astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio have efficiently put in Roll-Out Photo voltaic Array on the starboard truss construction of the @Space_Station. They’ve additionally disconnected a cable permitting restoring an influence channel to 75% of its working capability. pic.twitter.com/zjBMzACmn0
— NASA (@NASA) December 3, 2022
Astronauts ended their spacewalk at 2:21pm ET at present after efficiently putting in a brand new roll-out photo voltaic array on the station.
.@NASA_Astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio ended their spacewalk at 2:21pm ET at present after efficiently putting in a brand new roll-out photo voltaic array on the station. https://t.co/E8FCDiQGPD
— Worldwide Area Station (@Space_Station) December 3, 2022
You may watch the Spacewalk course of on the NASA app, the area station weblog and the company’s web site.
Within the course of crew members of Expedition 68 are seen getting ready to exit the Worldwide Area Station’s Quest airlock for a spacewalk that started about 7:25 a.m. EST and final roughly seven hours.
Along with putting in an iROSA, the spacewalkers will disconnect a cable to permit the 1B energy channel to be reactivated after it was shut down because of an influence journey in its electrical system. The disconnection of the cable will isolate the affected portion of the array and restore the channel to 75% of its regular working capability, NASA reported of their area station weblog.
Cassada will function extravehicular crew member 1 (EV 1) and can put on a swimsuit with crimson stripes. Rubio will function extravehicular crew member 2 (EV 2) and can put on the unmarked swimsuit. The spacewalk would be the second for each Cassada and Rubio.
Earlier, NASA tweeted, “Spacewalk in progress. Watch astronauts @Astro_Josh (swimsuit with crimson stripes) and Frank Rubio (unmarked swimsuit) set up new @Space_Station rollout photo voltaic arrays. The spacewalk is anticipated to final seven hours.” (ANI)