MKKh · space · astronaut (мкс · космический · астронавт)

American astronauts returned to the International Space Station on Tuesday after completing a multi-hour spacewalk to repair Canada's robotic arm, Canadarm2.

Consensus

American astronauts Christopher Williams and Jessica Meir performed a spacewalk to repair the Canadarm2 robotic arm on the ISS
The repair involved replacing a faulty wrist joint on the robot arm
The work was completed after the arm showed increased motor current in May
This was the 280th spacewalk conducted for ISS maintenance and upgrades

Points of divergence

The repair was a standard practice for robotics that has been in operation for over 25 years — kommersant
The spacewalk began at 08:25 Eastern Time (15:25 Moscow time) — interfax

Coverage (3 sources)

NASA astronauts performed spacewalk repairs on the ISS — Коммерсантъ
NASA Astronauts Return to ISS After External Repair Mission — Интерфакс
NASA astronauts will go outside the ISS on Tuesday for repair work — Интерфакс

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