Particle.news
Download on the App Store
10 ARTICLES
·
last yr.

NASA Astronauts Prepare for Key Spacewalk to Study Microorganisms and Conduct Repairs

Tracy C. Dyson and Matthew Dominick will venture outside the ISS for a six-and-a-half-hour mission to collect samples and remove faulty equipment.

NASA Sets Coverage for U.S. Spacewalk 90 Outside Space Station
A dim aurora and an atmospheric glow crown Earth's horizon in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 266 miles above a cloudy Indian Ocean southwest of Australia. In the foreground, from left, are a portion of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter, the Rassvet module, and the Soyuz MS-25 crew ship docked to the Prichal docking module which is itself mated to the Nauka science module. Credit: NASA
Image
Image

Overview

  • The spacewalk is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. EDT on Thursday, June 13, with live coverage beginning at 6:30 a.m. EDT.
  • Dyson and Dominick will collect microorganism samples from the ISS exterior to study survival in space.
  • They will also remove a faulty radio frequency group from a communications antenna on the station's starboard truss.
  • This will be Dyson's fourth spacewalk and Dominick's first.
  • NASA's Starliner crew will stay at the ISS longer due to ongoing assessments of their spacecraft.