Spacewalk Preps and Robotics for Station Crew

The Expedition 32 crew members living and working aboard the International Space Station Thursday continued preparations for an upcoming spacewalk and worked with the orbiting laboratory’s non-human resident.

Flight Engineer Suni Williams performed maintenance on U.S spacesuit batteries and prepared equipment that will be used on her upcoming spacewalk set for Aug. 30.

During the 6.5-hour excursion, Williams and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide are slated to replace a faulty power relay unit on the station’s truss, route power cables for the Russian multipurpose module replacing Pirs and replace a failing camera on the Canadarm2 robotic arm.




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