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On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams ([personal profile] dewline) wrote2021-06-16 07:12 pm

Spaceflight: Kimbrough/Pesquet Space Station EVA

I'm watching this particular spacewalk live via NASA's YouTube channel as I type this. To say that I am amazed at what I'm seeing right now...maybe not an understatement.

Quoting the summary in full: "After more than 20 years, the International Space Station is getting new solar arrays, and you have the chance to watch it LIVE during a spacewalk! On June 16, Shane Kimbrough of NASA Astronauts and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency will venture into the vacuum of space for ~6.5 hours to install and deploy two roll-out solar arrays on the space station. "

And Marc Garneau - now the Canadian federal minister of transportation - just got name-checked during this live feed because of his own space-walking history...
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[personal profile] malada 2021-06-17 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
A number of years ago I got to watch a live feed of of the Shuttle astronauts fixing the Hubble space telescope. Amazing.

And now... new solar panels for the ISS! Very nice.

-m