The first European female spacewalker and a Russian cosmonaut will leave the International Space Station today and you can watch their activities in a vacuum online.
Cristoforetti and Artemyev will be outside the International Space Station for up to 7 hours. Around 10 a.m., the spacewalk is expected to start. According to the European Space Agency.
You can watch the live event on NASA's website or on NASA's YouTube channel. Live interpretation to English is provided for spacewalks from the Russian side of the station.
Spacewalks are the most memorable in history.
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This will be the second time that Cristoforetti has made history in recent months. Since her first post, she has accrued more than half a million followers.
The work session has a variety of scheduled activities. Installation of platforms and workstations to the newest lab, Nauka, as well as the deployment of 10 small satellites to gather radio electronics data are included.
The European Robotic Arm will take another large amount of time to be ready. The crew will work on insulation, install a temporary point for the robotic arm, and move its control panel. ristoforetti will make sure the window shield on the arm's camera unit is clear enough to allow a laser light to guide the arm.
The arm is designed to be used by cosmonauts whether they are working inside or outside the space station. The ability to walk like an inchworm along the hull of the space station is one of its features.
Artemyev and Cristoforetti will both wear Russian-built Orlan spacesuits during their spacewalk today, with Artemyev wearing a red and blue suit.
Today's spacewalk will be the third for Artemyev, who has so far accrued 14 hours and 19 minutes of work outside the ISS across two spacewalks in April.
Thursday's spacewalk will be the sixth and the 251st to support the assembly and maintenance of the International Space Station.
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