Fourth All-Female Spacewalk Completes Main Task on ISS but Fails to Retrieve Failed Electronics Box Due to Time Constraints

Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara Successfully Replace Bearing Assembly in Solar Array Rotation Mechanism Despite Encountering Resistance; Retrieval of Damaged Communication Box Deferred to a Future Spacewalk Due to Delays.

During the fourth all-female spacewalk, Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara successfully replaced a degraded bearing assembly in one of the International Space Station's solar array rotation mechanisms; however, due to delays, they ran out of time to retrieve a failed electronics box.
Both Moghbeli and O'Hara faced their first spacewalk, marking this the first all-female spacewalk since the one performed in January 2020 by Jessica Meir and Christina Koch.
The astronauts commenced the spacewalk at 8:05 a.m. EDT when they switched their spacesuits to battery power. It was the 269th spacewalk on the station and the year's 12th. It ended after 6 hours and 42 minutes at 1:47 p.m.
The failed electronics box, officially known as the S-band radio communications component, was aimed to be shipped back to Earth for repairs but will now be prepared for removal during a future spacewalk due to time constraints.
Apart from replacing the bearing assembly, Moghbeli removed a handling fixture to make way for the future installation of a roll-out solar array blanket and repositioned a kinked ethernet cable. Despite encountering difficulties along the way, such as a lost tool bag, both astronauts completed the spacewalk successfully.