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NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan works while tethered on the Port 6 truss

NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan works while tethered on the Port 6 truss
NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan works while tethered on the Port 6 truss segment of the International Space Station to replace older hydrogen-nickel batteries with newer, more powerful lithium-ion batteries.

iss061e005542 (Oct. 11, 2019) — NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan works while tethered on the Port 6 truss segment of the International Space Station to replace older hydrogen-nickel batteries with newer, more powerful lithium-ion batteries. The batteries store and distribute power collected from the station’s basketball court-sized solar arrays, one of which is directly behind Morgan.