'You just saved the video dish': Two astronauts complete spacewalk to replace ISS antenna
Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot completed a 6.5-hour spacewalk on Tuesday, (Aug. 25), installing a replacement Space-to-Ground antenna on the outside of the International Space Station.
Two astronauts successfully completed a spacewalk on Tuesday, Aug. 25, to replace a faulty Space-to-Ground antenna on the International Space Station (ISS). NASA astronaut Anil Menon and European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot tackled the complex repair, which had been necessary since the broken antenna ceased tracking satellites in November.
The astronauts retrieved a spare antenna from external stowage, mounted it on the Z-1 truss, and connected it to the station's power and data systems. They then removed the faulty antenna and stored it on external stowage platform-3. The repair restored redundancy to the communication system, ensuring voice and critical data transmission.
The spacewalk, the 283rd in support of ISS assembly, maintenance, and upgrades, took exactly 6.5 hours to complete. Menon and Adenot are now the 98th and 99th astronauts to perform EVA using U.S. extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuits at the station.
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