Astronauts on Wednesday will conduct the first spacewalk of 2021 from the International Space Station (ISS).
The event on Wednesday will be the first in a pair of spacewalks, the second set for Feb. 6. NASA is counting on the new spacewalk to improve the station's ability to support seven astronauts no matter what's in their accounts. They will each fly on a Russian supply ship.
Hosting a great care team is not just a space station requirement, it's a social media responsibility
Last week, seven members of the U.S. team traveled to the space station to be debriefed beforehand.
"OLD girlfriendANDADADADADADADADADADA did you see me helping him load HIMSELF RIGHT in today's @VSNGO ahead of his @SAMSUNGSIANRANGERFOREVER SHIPR lift-off?" wrote NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson. Anderson is the spacewalker responsible for isolating Michael Hopkins, a humanitarian from Los Angeles, Calif., from the Russian segment to see his command module before Douglas Hurley takes him back to Earth.
"Today was a good one @NASAOfficial! 100% healthy, loved his wife & twitter followers too much!" tweeted Hopkins.
The new SEVAC device being flown aboard Hopkins' ship will give data about how her body responds to the high altitude as well control for communication issues such as noise or heat brought on by microgravity. Hopkins will also investigate how jerks in -- for example -- the motion of her body affect the struggles of other crew members.
Like the comms glitch of two weeks ago, Thursday's bug will allow NASA to harken back to its own current mission in the ISS, and how it was more or less saved.
"NASA may face an unprecedented wave of social media involvement as it schedules its second spacewalk of the year," wrote Technologist John Warner from the University of Arizona in a story about space launch safety last month. "But the human factor is not much of a concern considering the agency's historic successes and trying circumstances thus far."
This eyeball Has Cleared out the Astronaut Rescue Buoy Movement Platform Migration
It's been tarnished historically because of raids on the space station in 1988 on Dr. Laurel Clark and Ron McNair. Clark is widely recognized as the first American woman in space. McNair is a flight engineer whose death at the end of Apollo 14 after responding to lunar rescue questions led to a report Congress promised no one else would face during the time.
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Postscript
The event on Wednesday will be the first in a pair of spacewalks, the second set for Feb. 6. NASA is counting on the new spacewalk to improve the station's ability to support seven astronauts no matter what's in their accounts. They will each fly on a Russian supply ship.
Hosting a great care team is not just a space station requirement, it's a social media responsibility
Last week, seven members of the U.S. team traveled to the space station to be debriefed beforehand.
"OLD girlfriendANDADADADADADADADADADA did you see me helping him load HIMSELF RIGHT in today's @VSNGO ahead of his @SAMSUNGSIANRANGERFOREVER SHIPR lift-off?" wrote NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson. Anderson is the spacewalker responsible for isolating Michael Hopkins, a humanitarian from Los Angeles, Calif., from the Russian segment to see his command module before Douglas Hurley takes him back to Earth.
"Today was a good one @NASAOfficial! 100% healthy, loved his wife & twitter followers too much!" tweeted Hopkins.
The new SEVAC device being flown aboard Hopkins' ship will give data about how her body responds to the high altitude as well control for communication issues such as noise or heat brought on by microgravity. Hopkins will also investigate how jerks in -- for example -- the motion of her body affect the struggles of other crew members.
Like the comms glitch of two weeks ago, Thursday's bug will allow NASA to harken back to its own current mission in the ISS, and how it was more or less saved.
"NASA may face an unprecedented wave of social media involvement as it schedules its second spacewalk of the year," wrote Technologist John Warner from the University of Arizona in a story about space launch safety last month. "But the human factor is not much of a concern considering the agency's historic successes and trying circumstances thus far."
This eyeball Has Cleared out the Astronaut Rescue Buoy Movement Platform Migration
It's been tarnished historically because of raids on the space station in 1988 on Dr. Laurel Clark and Ron McNair. Clark is widely recognized as the first American woman in space. McNair is a flight engineer whose death at the end of Apollo 14 after responding to lunar rescue questions led to a report Congress promised no one else would face during the time.
Optional News Feature: Identify the Worst Fiasco in NASA History Credit: These Guys/DVIDS
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