The four astronauts joined each other at the end of the day for eye checks as Bowen and Hoburg scanned the eyes of Rubio and Alneyadi using standard medical imaging gear found in an optometrist’s office. The two spacewalkers also prepared their tools inside the Quest airlock, printed checklists they will attach to their spacesuit cuffs, and reviewed more spacewalk procedures on a computer.
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The quartet practiced simulated Canadarm2 robotic arm maneuvers necessary to support Bowen and Hoburg when they remove the roll-out solar array from its flight support equipment and install it on the starboard truss. on the agency’s app and website.īowen and Hoburg joined Flight Engineers Frank Rubio of NASA and Sultan Alneyadi of UAE (United Arab Emirates) for robotics training on a computer during Tuesday afternoon. NASA TV will begin its live broadcast of the spacewalk at 7:30 a.m. The spacewalkers will install the orbital outpost’s sixth roll-out solar array on the opposite side of the starboard truss segment where they installed the fifth roll-out solar array on Friday, June 9. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg are preparing for their second spacewalk together set to start at 8:55 a.m. Three cosmonauts are gearing up for another spacewalk planned to take place next week from the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station. Astronaut Frank Rubio (right) assists astronaut Woody Hoburg during a fit check of his spacesuit inside the space station’s Quest airlock.įour Expedition 69 astronauts practiced simulated robotic maneuvers on a computer today to support a spacewalk scheduled for Thursday.
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