Spacewalk preparations and exercise gear maintenance were the primary tasks for the Expedition 70 crew aboard the Three astronauts are stepping up preparations for a pair of spacewalks planned this month for science and maintenance. Both spacewalks, planned for October 12 and 20, will be broadcast live on app, and website.
The first spacewalk will see ESA (
The second spacewalk will be with O’Hara going out once again, but this time with NASA Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli who is going on her first spacewalk. The duo will remove faulty radio communications gear and install new solar array hardware during the six-and-half-hour excursion.
Spacesuit Test and Equipment Maintenance
Moghbeli tried on her spacesuit on Tuesday afternoon and tested its ability to communicate with mission controllers on the ground. Mogensen and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa both assisted Moghbeli in the Quest airlock as she ensured her spacesuit was in operable condition.
Furukawa began his day with O’Hara inside the Destiny laboratory module replacing the orbital lab’s exercise cycle. The duo spent the morning uninstalling the workout hardware, updating its components, installing the new cycle, and then activating the new aerobic and cardiovascular gear.
Additional Tasks and Experiments
At the end of the day, O’Hara took turns with Roscosmos Flight Engineers Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko to conduct a hearing test. Chub earlier installed a variety of cameras to monitor Earth’s upper atmosphere as well as accurately predict the station’s location in space. Kononenko and cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov would spend most of their day servicing a variety of