NASA Astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers completed the fifth female space walk, moving an antenna and partially preparing the International Space Station For a new set of solar matrices on May 1st. His 5 -hour and 44 -minute extravehicular activity was completed after the mission’s mission again, and began to be represited. McClain and Ayers have completed most of their goals. However, they had to postpone some tasks to a later space walk as they were late and were limited supplies.
On the mission
According to NASAExpedition 73 Crewes Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers began working at 9:05 EDT (1305 GMT) carrying tools and equipment to the door (or left) side of the space station. They began to set up the fixation hardware for the seventh pair of solar arrays of the International Space Station, or Irosa. These will be installed as soon as they arrive in a Spacex Commercial summary service mission of the dragon later this year.
The installation of smaller and more efficient solar matrices will increase electricity generation by up to 30%, increasing the total energy of the station from 160 to 215 kilowatts. Spacewalkers built and installed the correct supports and the top triangle of the mast container modification kit before being instructed to fix their workstations and proceed to the next most important task.
Continuing the legacy of space women
It was Ayers’s first space walk and McClain’s third. McClain spent 18 hours and 52 minutes of the space station. Rotation astronaut teams will continually compensate for ISS since November 2000. This was the US Quest Airlock 93rd EVA and the 275th overall to help the ISS installation, maintenance and update.
In October 2019, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir led the first female Eva. In January 2020, the duo held two more spaces together. In November 2023, Jasmin Moghbeli and NASA’s O’Hara Lotor completed a walk alone.