Spacewalking astronauts will install new cameras and wrap up -- power upgrades

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Spacewalking astronauts will install new cameras and wrap up space 
station power upgrades today. Watch it live!
By Hanneke Weitering - Associate Editor 6 hours ago


On Monday (Feb. 1) two NASA astronauts will set out for their second 
spacewalk together to tackle battery and camera upgrades at the 
International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover, who arrived at the space 
station on SpaceX's Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft in November and 
completed their first spacewalk together on Wednesday (Jan. 27), are 
scheduled to exit the station through the Quest airlock at 7:05 a.m. EST 
(1205 GMT) and will spend about 6.5 hours working in the vacuum of space.

NASA TV will provide live coverage of the spacewalk preparations 
beginning at 5:30 a.m. EST (1030 GMT). You can watch it live here on 
Space.com, courtesy of NASA TV, or directly via the agency's website.

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Hopkins and Glover will tackle a variety of tasks during this spacewalk, 
including the installation of a new high-definition camera on the 
Destiny laboratory and the replacement of another camera on the 
station's starboard truss. The spacewalkers will also install one last 
lithium-ion battery to wrap up a big space station power upgrade that 
began in 2017.

After Hopkins and Glover emerge from the Quest airlock, the 
spacewalkers' first task will be to head over the the space station's 
Port-4 (P4) truss structure, where they will install an adapter plate 
for the new lithium-ion battery. The battery was installed at the P4 
truss in advance by the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm, NASA officials 
wrote in an ISS blog.

With the battery work complete, the astronauts will head over to the 
other side of the orbiting laboratory to replace high-definition cameras 
on the starboard truss. The spacewalkers will also route some ethernet 
cables at the starboard truss before heading over to the Japanese Kibo 
laboratory to install a "wrist vision" camera on Kibo's 33-foot (10 
meters) robotic arm.


Related: The International Space Station: inside and out (infographic)

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NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins works to ready the International Space 
station's port-side truss structure for future solar array upgrades 
during a spacewalk on Jan. 27, 2021.

NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins works to ready the International Space 
station's port-side truss structure for future solar array upgrades 
during a spacewalk on Jan. 27, 2021. (Image credit: NASA)
NASA astronaut Victor Glover works to ready the International Space 
station's port-side truss structure for future solar array upgrades 
during a spacewalk on Jan. 27, 2021.

NASA astronaut Victor Glover works to ready the International Space 
station's port-side truss structure for future solar array upgrades 
during a spacewalk on Jan. 27, 2021. (Image credit: NASA)
NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins (foreground) and Victor Glover configure 
tools inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock on Jan. 8, 
2021, to prepare for two planned spacewalks.

NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins (foreground) and Victor Glover configure 
tools inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock on Jan. 8, 
2021, to prepare for two planned spacewalks. (Image credit: NASA)
A view of SpaceX's Crew-1 Crew Dragon spacecraft (right) docked at the 
International Space Station. The spacecraft ferried four Expedition 64 
astronauts to the station in November, including NASA's Victor Glover 
and Michael Hopkins, who took a spacewalk on Jan. 27, 2021.

A view of SpaceX's Crew-1 Crew Dragon spacecraft (right) docked at the 
International Space Station. The spacecraft ferried four Expedition 64 
astronauts to the station in November, including NASA's Victor Glover 
and Michael Hopkins, who took a spacewalk on Jan. 27, 2021. (Image 
credit: NASA TV)
Astronaut Victor Glover tosses an antenna cover into space for disposal 
while riding a robotic arm outside the International Space Station 
during a spacewalk on Jan. 27, 2021.

Astronaut Victor Glover tosses an antenna cover into space for disposal 
while riding a robotic arm outside the International Space Station 
during a spacewalk on Jan. 27, 2021. (Image credit: NASA TV)
Astronaut Victor Glover rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm outside the 
International Space Station while crewmate Michael Hopkins of NASA works 
nearby in a spacewalk on Jan. 27, 2021.

Astronaut Victor Glover rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm outside the 
International Space Station while crewmate Michael Hopkins of NASA works 
nearby in a spacewalk on Jan. 27, 2021. (Image credit: NASA TV)
Astronaut Victor Glover rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm outside the 
International Space Station while crewmate Michael Hopkins of NASA works 
nearby in a spacewalk on Jan. 27, 2021.

Astronaut Victor Glover rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm outside the 
International Space Station while crewmate Michael Hopkins of NASA works 
nearby in a spacewalk on Jan. 27, 2021. (Image credit: NASA TV)


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Monday's spacewalk will be the fourth spacewalk of Hopkins' career and 
the second for Glover. Hopkins will be designated as extravehicular crew 
member 1 (EV-1), which means he will wear the spacesuit with red stripes 
and will be the first to exit the airlock. As EV-2, Glover will wear the 
plain white suit with no stripes.

NASA is planning two more spacewalks "in the near future," the agency 
said in a statement. After Monday's spacewalk, the next spacewalk will 
see Glover and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins prepare the space station for 
new solar arrays that will be installed at the station later this year. 
Then for the fourth spacewalk of 2021, Rubins will head out with 
Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi to 
"continue upgrading station components," NASA said in the statement.

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