A Russian and a European are going to perform a spacewalk today. There is an hour and a half later. There is a robotic arm attached to a Russian module. The action can be seen here.
July 21 is an update. The two crew members of the International Space Station needed more time to put on their space suits. The walk is going to start at 10:30 a.m. There is an hour and a half later.
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Two people are planning a spacewalk today, one is a Russian and the other is a European. This will be Cristoforetti's first space walk. The robotic arm will be installed for the second time today.
The objective of the spacewalk is to install platforms and workstations near the Nauka laboratory. Nauka is a Russian module that was on the International Space Station.
The duo, who will be wearing Russian Orlan space suits, are expected to move the arm's control panel, replace a window on the arm's camera, and extend a boom from the Zarya module to the Poisk module for future spacewalks. Coverage will start at 9:30 a.m., according to NASA. The space walk is scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m. There will be live coverage on NASA's website, app and NASA Television. The spacewalk can be viewed at the feed above.
The fate of the arm, which will be used to move incoming payloads and perform other tasks around the station exterior, was put in question when the director of the European Space Agency said that they wouldn't be collaborating on a mission to Mars. Artemyev is ignoring a directive to stop work on the robotic arm that was posted on Telegram by the director of the Russian space agency. Last week, he was dismissed from his position as director.
The upcoming spacewalk is a testament to the collaboration that can exist aboard the International Space Station amongst the shared goal of scientific advancement and excitement for space research.
The seat swap agreement was signed despite recent tensions.
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