HIGHLIGHTS of US SPACEWALK 79 - Barron / Chari ()

Highlights of US Spacewalk 79 of Barron and Chari 00:00 : first images and information 00:50 : spacewalk animation 08:07 : SAFER donning of EV1 10:22 : SAFER donning of EV2 11:15 : EGRESS 18:19 : translation to the workside 23:38 : first tasks 26:30 : PGT usage and building the triangle-fixture 35:19 : next get ahead tasks 36:30 : good view of EV1 and EV2 40:30 : information of Mission Control Houston 41:35 : translation to the next get ahead-task 46:14 : information of Mission Control Houston 47:12 : night-images of the last task 49:50 : back at the airlock and images inside the airlock 52:25 : hatch opening and suit doffing 55:08 : last information and statistics “NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Raja Chari concluded their spacewalk at 3:06 p.m. EDT after 6 hours and 54 minutes in preparation for upcoming solar array installation. Barron and Chari completed their major objectives for today to prepare the space station for upcoming solar array upgrades by assembling and installing modification kits. The duo built a support bracket onto which a future ISS roll out solar array (iROSA) will be mounted. So far, two of six iROSAs have been deployed on station with four additional arrays to be delivered. The arrays will ultimately augment six of the station’s eight power channels, increasing the station’s total available power from 160 kilowatts to up to 215 kilowatts. It was the 247th spacewalk in support of space station assembly, upgrades and maintenance, and was the first in Chari’s career and the second for Barron. Chari and Barron are in the midst of a planned six-month science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.“ - NASA Credits: NASA TV Website: