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    Watch NASA TV Now for Spacewalk Coverage

    Cosmonaut Sergey Volkov

    Expedition 46 Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos will begin today’s spacewalk outside of the International Space Station at 8:10 a.m. EST.  Watch live NASA TV coverage here: https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv The two cosmonauts will exit the station’s Pirs airlock for 5.5 hours to deploy and retrieve several experiment packages on the Zvezda and …

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    Cosmonauts Finalize Preps Before Wednesday Spacewalk

    Cosmonaut Sergey Volkov

    Two cosmonauts are getting ready for a spacewalk to install hardware and science experiments outside the International Space Station’s Russian segment. Meanwhile, the other four crew members are working on research hardware, water testing and trash stowage. Veteran flight engineers and spacewalkers Yuri Malenchenko and Sergey Volkov are finalizing their reviews and preparations for the …

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    Spacesuit Checks and Fire Science on Space Station Today

    Astronaut Tim Peake

    A pair of cosmonauts is getting ready for the 193rd International Space Station spacewalk beginning Wednesday at 8:10 a.m. EST. The other four Expedition 46 crew members worked on science, cargo transfers and maintenance today. Spacewalkers Yuri Malenchenko and Sergey Volkov got into their Russian Orlan spacesuits today testing their systems and practicing their movements. …

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