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Forum:Space Shuttles - Space Station
Topic:Expedition 64: US (70) spacewalk (2/1/21)
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Robert PearlmanNASA video
NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins will exit the International Space Station's Quest airlock on Monday (Feb. 1) at about 7 a.m. EST to complete tasks including battery maintenance and installing high definition cameras.
Robert PearlmanNASA release
Spacewalkers wrap up battery work and camera installations

NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover concluded their spacewalk on Monday (Feb. 1) at 1:16 p.m. EST (1816 GMT), after 5 hours and 20 minutes.

In the second spacewalk of the year, the two NASA astronauts completed work to replace batteries that provide power for the station's solar arrays and upgrade several of the station's external cameras. The duo finished their planned tasks ahead of schedule and also complete several get-ahead tasks in preparation for future spacewalks.

This spacewalk completes a four-year effort to upgrade the batteries of the International Space Station's power system, replacing 48 aging nickel-hydrogen batteries with 24 new lithium-ion batteries and adapter plates. With the battery work complete, the focus turns to solar array augmentation.

This was the fourth spacewalk in Hopkins' career, and the second for Glover. Hopkins has now spent a total of 25 hours and 14 minutes spacewalking. Glover now has spent a total of 12 hours and 16 minutes spacewalking.

Space station crew members have conducted 234 spacewalks in support of assembly and maintenance of the orbiting laboratory. Spacewalkers have now spent a total of 61 days, 7 hours, and 7 minutes working outside the station.

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