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    Astronauts Wrap Up Third Spacewalk for Cosmic Particle Detector Repairs

    Astronauts Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan

    Expedition 61 Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan concluded their spacewalk at 12:33 p.m. EST. During the six hour and two minute spacewalk, the two astronauts successfully installed a new cooling system for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS). The crew completed the primary task to install the upgraded cooling …

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    Spacewalkers Begin Third Venture for Cosmic Particle Detector Upgrades

    Spacewalkers Andrew Morgan and Luca Parmitano

    Expedition 61 Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan switched their spacesuits to battery power this morning at 6:31 a.m. EST aboard the International Space Station to begin a spacewalk planned to last about seven-and-a-half hours during which they will install a new cooling system for the cosmic ray …

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    Watch NASA TV Monday as Spacewalkers Continue Cosmic Repair Work

    Astronauts Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan

    Expedition 61 Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan will begin a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station at about 7 a.m. EST. NASA Television coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 5:30 a.m. Watch the spacewalk on NASA TV and on the agency’s website. The two astronauts …

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    Belated Thanksgiving Meal Ahead of Spacewalk and New Cargo Ships

    NASA astronaut and spacewalker Andrew Morgan

    The six-member Expedition 61 crew is relaxing today and enjoying a belated Thanksgiving meal after an intense week of biology research and spacewalk preparations. A Russian resupply ship also departed the International Space Station this morning as two more space freighters are poised to replenish the orbiting lab. The ISS Progress 73 cargo ship, loaded …

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    Thanksgiving Bringing Harvest, Spacewalk Preps and Disease Research

    Astronaut and spacewalker Luca Parmitano

    The Expedition 61 crew is heading into Thanksgiving with more blood and cell research to improve human health. There will also be a harvest on the U.S. holiday as spacewalk preparations continue. Rodents living aboard the International Space Station are being observed this week with their blood and cell samples being collected and stowed in …

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    Astronauts Research Disease Therapies Ahead of Complex Repair Spacewalk

    NASA astronaut and spacewalker Andrew Morgan

    Two Expedition 61 astronauts are getting up to speed with the fine repair techniques they will use next week during the 11th spacewalk of 2019. The International Space Station is also hosting intense biology work this week to improve the health of humans in space and on Earth. The orbiting lab’s cosmic particle detector, the …

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    Disease Therapy Research Ahead of Cargo Traffic and Spacewalks

    Astronaut Andrew Morgan

    Thanksgiving week starts with the Expedition 61 crew exploring the stresses microgravity imposes on organisms at the cellular level. The International Space Station is also ramping up for cargo traffic and another spacewalk in December. The astronauts in the U.S. segment of the orbiting lab focused their attention today on identifying the cellular changes caused …

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    Astronauts Complete Intricate Tasks During Second Cosmic Repair Spacewalk

    Spacewalker Luca Parmitano on the Canadarm2 robotic arm

    Expedition 61 Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan concluded their spacewalk at 1:35 p.m. EST. During the six-hour and 33-minute spacewalk, the two astronauts successfully cut a total of eight stainless steel tubes, including one that vented the remaining carbon dioxide from the old cooling pump. The crew …

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    Spacewalkers Begin Second Excursion to Repair Cosmic Particle Detector

    ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano

    Two astronauts switched their spacesuits to battery power this morning at 7:02 a.m. EST aboard the International Space Station to begin a spacewalk planned to last about six-and-a-half hours. Expedition 61 Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan will venture outside the International Space Station for the second in …

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    Final Spacewalk Preps as Life Science Work Ramps Up

    NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan waves

    The Expedition 61 astronauts are in final preparations before Friday’s spacewalk to continue repairing the International Space Station’s cosmic particle detector. The orbital residents also had time today to set up research hardware for upcoming space biology activities. Spacewalkers Andrew Morgan and Luca Parmitano will exit the Quest airlock on Friday after setting their U.S. …

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