Female astronaut duo conducts second all-female spacewalk

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and ESA astronaut Sophie Adie performed extravehicular activities on the International Space Station (ISS) to conduct assembly and technical work, NASA announced.

Consensus

• Jessica Meir and Sophie Adeline conducted a spacewalk from the ISS.
• The spacewalk was for maintenance and installation tasks on the exterior of the ISS.
• The spacewalk began at approximately 8:30 AM Eastern Time (15:30 MSK).
• The spacewalk lasted about 6.5 hours.
• This was the third spacewalk for Sophie Adeline and the seventh for Jessica Meir.
• The spacewalk was part of routine maintenance and upgrades on the ISS.
• The astronauts replaced a retroreflector on the Harmony module.
• The astronauts also installed data transmission cables and replaced a high-resolution camera.
• The spacewalk was the 284th in the history of ISS operations.
• The ISS currently has a crew of seven people.

Points of divergence

• The spacewalk was to replace a navigation device and a high-resolution camera, and to install connection cables and prepare scientific instruments for future maintenance. — kommersant
• The spacewalk included preparing the alpha magnetic spectrometer's radiator for future servicing. — vedomosti
• The spacewalk was the third consecutive spacewalk for Sophie Adeline since August. — interfax
• This was the second all-female spacewalk, following the first in October 2019 by Meir and Christina Koch. — kommersant
• Jessica Meir is set to rank third among NASA female astronauts by total spacewalks, behind Peggy Whitson and Suni Williams. — vedomosti

Coverage (4 sources)

• NASA and ESA astronauts returned to the ISS after completing external work — Интерфакс
• Female astronaut duo went out into open space from the ISS for the second time in history — Коммерсантъ
• Female astronaut duo went into open space for assembly work — Ведомости
• Female astronaut duo exits open space from ISS for assembly work — Интерфакс

Key entities

• NASA
• MKS
• ESA
• Sofi Aden
• Moscow
• INTERFAX.RU
• Jessica Meir
• USA
• European Space Agency
• Jessica Meyer
• Astronauts

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