Space Station Spacewalk Live (Video)

Two members of the Expedition 36 crew are taking a 6-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station June 24.
Space Station Spacewalk Live (Video)
Screen capture of a live stream by NASA of a Space Station spacewalk on June 24, 2013. (Epoch Times)
Cindy Drukier
6/24/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015


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Two members of the Expedition 36 crew are taking a 6-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station June 24.

The Russian flight engineers, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin, begin the spacewalk about 9:35 a.m. opening the hatch to the space station’s Pirs docking compartment and float outside.

Their mission is to “replace a fluid flow control panel on the station’s Zarya module and install clamps for future power cables as an early step toward swapping the Pirs airlock with a new multipurpose laboratory module,” according to a press release by NASA.

Russia’s space agency will launch a combination research facility, airlock, and docking port towards the end of the year.

This is Misurkin’s first space walk, or float, and number six for Yurchikhin. Misurkin’s space suit has blue stripes and Yurchikhin’s has red stripes.

In July, there will be two more spacewalks by NASA’s Chris Cassidy and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency.

Cindy Drukier is a veteran journalist, editor, and producer. She's the host of NTD's International Reporters Roundtable featured on EpochTV, and perviously host of NTD's The Nation Speaks. She's also an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Her two films are available on EpochTV: "Finding Manny" and "The Unseen Crisis"
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