NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi are envisioned in their Extravehicular Mobility Units, or spacesuits, on the International Space Stations starboard truss structure throughout a spacewalk on April 28, 2023. Flight Engineers Stephen Bowen of NASA and Sultan Alneyadi of UAE (United Arab Emirates) unwinded at the beginning of the workweek following Fridays seven-hour and 1-minute spacewalk that saw them route cable televisions and install insulation on the orbital outposts starboard-side truss structure. NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Frank Rubio, who assisted the spacewalkers from inside the station and assisted them clean up after the spacewalk last week, likewise had the day off.
Next, Flight Engineer Andrey Fedyaev will be inside the station commanding the European robotic arm (ERA) to grapple the airlock, move it, then connect it to the Nauka science module. NASA TELEVISION, on the agencys app and site, will begin its live spacewalk protection at 3:30 p.m.
Fedyaev spent Monday focusing mainly primarily life support assistance upkeep orbital plumbing dutiesResponsibilities Fedyaev will invest Tuesday triggering the ERA in preparation for Wednesdays spacewalk.
The rest of the stations team had Monday off following last weeks spacewalk and post-spacewalk clean-up activities. Flight Engineers Stephen Bowen of NASA and Sultan Alneyadi of UAE (United Arab Emirates) relaxed at the start of the workweek following Fridays seven-hour and 1-minute spacewalk that saw them route cable televisions and install insulation on the orbital outposts starboard-side truss structure. NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Frank Rubio, who helped the spacewalkers from inside the station and assisted them clean up after the spacewalk last week, likewise had the day of rest.
NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi are pictured in their Extravehicular Mobility Units, or spacesuits, on the International Space Stations starboard truss structure during a spacewalk on April 28, 2023. The duo would spend seven hours and one minute in the vacuum of area routing cable televisions and setting up insulation readying the orbital outpost for its next set of roll-out solar varieties due to be installed after their delivery on the next SpaceX Dragon cargo mission. Credit: NASA
The Expedition 69 crew at the International Space Station is preparing for their 2nd spacewalk within a week, led by Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos. Simultaneously, other crew members are resting after recentlys comprehensive spacewalk and clean-up activities.
At the International Space Station (ISS), the Expedition 69 team is preparing for its 2nd spacewalk in less than a week. In the meantime, numerous astronauts spent Monday, May 1, relaxing following last weeks power upgrades spacewalk.
Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin, both from Roscosmos, spent Monday setting up the Orlan spacesuits they will wear during their spacewalk planned to start at 4:05 p.m. EDT on Wednesday and last about 6 hours. The set examined the Orlans life assistance systems, evaluated communications gear, then set up video cameras and lights on their matches. They will complete their tool configurations and procedure evaluations on Tuesday.
