By NASA
November 19, 2021
Northrop Grummans Cygnus resupply spacecraft. Credit: NASA
The Expedition 66 crew is turning its attention to the U.S. Cygnus space truck as it nears departure this weekend after 100 days berthed to the stations Unity module. The astronauts are likewise getting ready for a spacewalk to replace a defective antenna system on the International Space Station.
NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn, Raja Chari and Mark Vande Hei invested Wednesday afternoon packaging Cygnus with trash and obsolete gear. ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer continued the freight packing on Thursday. Robotics controllers remotely operating the Canadarm2 robotic arm from Earth will command Cygnus release live on NASA TV beginning at 10:45 a.m.
Cygnus will have one more mission as it re-enters Earths atmosphere environment a fiery, but however destruction above the Pacific Ocean.
NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn, Raja Chari and Mark Vande Hei invested Wednesday afternoon packaging Cygnus with garbage and obsolete equipment. Robotics controllers remotely running the Canadarm2 robotic arm from Earth will command Cygnus release live on NASA TV beginning at 10:45 a.m.
Cygnus will have one more mission objective it re-enters Earths atmosphere environment a fiery, but however destruction damage the Pacific Ocean. Marshburn and Barron were signed up with by NASA Flight Engineers Raja Chari and Mark Vande Hei inside Quest on Thursday as they tried on their U.S. spacesuits for an in shape check. Chari and Vande Hei will be on task keeping track of the 2 astronauts throughout the spacewalk and assisting them in and out of their spacesuits.
A set of U.S. spacesuits that will be used by NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron are visualized in the stations Quest airlock. Credit: NASA
On the other hand, Marshburn and NASA Flight Engineer Kayla Barron are due to leave the U.S. Quest airlock soon to swap the S-Band Antenna System with an extra currently attached outside the station. Maurer will be at the controls of the Canadarm2 assisting the duo during the prepared six-and-a-half hour spacewalk.
Marshburn and Barron were signed up with by NASA Flight Engineers Raja Chari and Mark Vande Hei inside Quest on Thursday as they tried out their U.S. spacesuits for a healthy check. Chari and Vande Hei will be on task monitoring the two astronauts throughout the spacewalk and helping them in and out of their spacesuits. A press conference to talk about the spacewalk activities has actually been set up for Monday, Nov. 29.
Chari and Barron evaluated how astronauts view up and down motions and grip and control things In microgravity. Station Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos swapped samples inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox for a physics study looking for to enhance the production of higher quality semiconductor crystals.