Spacewalk Preps, Robotics Jobs, and Science Duties Fill Tuesday Schedule
Spacewalking tools and a pair of robotics jobs topped Tuesday’s schedule aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 75 crew members also kept up their scientific duties configuring botany research hardware and setting up advanced Earth observation gear. The post Spacewalk Preps, Robotics Jobs, and Science Duties Fill Tuesday Schedule appeared first on NASA Science .
NASA astronauts Anil Menon and Joshua Kutryk, representing the U.S. and Canada respectively, are busily preparing for a spacewalk on Thursday. Their preparations involve organizing tools for installing a roll-out solar array on the International Space Station's port side truss, printing and storing their spacewalking procedures in a checklist book, and working with other crew members to ensure the mission runs smoothly.
Meanwhile, fellow spacewalkers Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney have been reviewing the upcoming tasks and configuring the Quest airlock for suit operations. They've also packed a faulty Canadarm2 wrist joint for return to Earth for analysis.
Roscosmos astronaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, along with his fellow cosmonauts station commander Pyotr Dubrov and flight engineer Anna Kikina, are occupied with other duties. They've been inspecting the Rassvet module's Earth-facing docking port and installing Earth observation gear to capture multi-wavelength imagery of various regions on Earth.
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