NASA to Broadcast Roscosmos Spacewalk for ISS Maintenance and Experiment Installation
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NASA will provide live coverage of a spacewalk by two Roscosmos cosmonauts outside the International Space Station (ISS) on May 27. Commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and flight engineer Sergei Mikaev will install a solar radiation experiment, remove science hardware, and, if time permits, photograph a malfunctioning antenna on a cargo spacecraft. This will be the 279th spacewalk supporting station operations.
Facts First
- NASA will broadcast a Roscosmos spacewalk live on May 27, beginning at 9:45 a.m. EDT.
- Cosmonauts will install a solar radiation experiment on the Zvezda service module.
- The crew will remove science hardware from the Poisk and Nauka modules.
- The spacewalk may include photographing a failed antenna on the Progress 94 cargo spacecraft.
- This will be the 279th spacewalk in support of International Space Station (ISS) assembly and maintenance.
What Happened
NASA announced it will provide live coverage of a spacewalk conducted by two Roscosmos cosmonauts outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, May 27. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:15 a.m. EDT and last roughly five hours. The crew, Expedition 74 commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and flight engineer Sergei Mikaev, will perform several tasks, including installing a solar radiation experiment on the Zvezda service module and removing science hardware from the Poisk and Nauka modules. If time permits, they will photograph one of the Progress 94 cargo spacecraft's Kurs rendezvous antennas, which failed to deploy in March.
Why this Matters to You
You can watch this demonstration of international cooperation in space from your home. NASA's live coverage will be accessible on multiple platforms, including NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency's YouTube channel, starting at 9:45 a.m. EDT. The work being done helps maintain the International Space Station (ISS), a unique laboratory where research conducted could lead to future technological and medical advances. The planned photograph of the malfunctioning antenna may provide engineers with valuable data to improve future spacecraft designs.
What's Next
The spacewalk is expected to proceed as scheduled, weather and technical conditions permitting. Following the event, the data and imagery collected from the solar radiation experiment and the antenna inspection will likely be analyzed by engineers and scientists on the ground. This spacewalk will be the second for Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and the first for Sergei Mikaev.