NASA TV Will Broadcast Spacewalk at the International Space Station
iss054e022826 (Jan. 23, 2018) --- NASA astronaut Scott Tingle is pictured during a spacewalk to swap out a degraded robotic hand, or Latching End Effector, on the Canadarm2. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei also participated in the robotics maintenance spacewalk.
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After being postponed last month, the third spacewalk in 2018—scheduled to last 6.5 hours—will begin at approximately 7:10 a.m. on Friday, February 16. Live coverage will begin at 5:30 a.m. EST on NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration Television and at www.nasa.gov. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, making his 4th spacewalk, and JAXA’s Norishige Kanai, making his first, will continue maintenance on Canadarm, the station’s robotic arm.