Tag: EVA-73
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EVA-73 concludes, continuing Station maintenance & upgrade tasks
Two NASA astronauts, Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins, have completed the latest Extravehicular Activity (EVA, or spacewalk) accomplishing several tasks deferred from a series of spacewalks conducted so far this year. The duo began U.S. EVA-73 at 08:14 EST/13:14 UTC when they took their spacesuits to battery power before exiting the Quest Airlock. It concluded…
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Spacewalkers vent coolant lines and mate cables outside space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Soichi Noguchi shared this photo of astronaut Victor Glover on a spacewalk Saturday, with this caption: “FLY NAVY! IKE@AstroVicGloversoars over US LAB module.” Credit: Soichi Noguchi/JAXA/NASA Struggling with balky electrical connectors, spacewalker Mike Hopkins managed to plug in and secure three of four thick power and data…