Astronauts Install New ISS Communication Antenna
Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adeno completed a spacewalk on the ISS to install a new high-speed communication antenna and store the old one, following a previous spacewalk on August 18. The 6.5-hour extravehicular activity was the 283rd in ISS maintenance and upgrade history.
Consensus
- Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adeño conducted a spacewalk on the ISS.
- The spacewalk lasted approximately 6.5 hours.
- The purpose was to install a new communication antenna for high-speed data and voice transmission between the ISS and the Houston Mission Control.
- The old antenna was removed and stored on the external platform of the ISS.
- This was the second spacewalk for Menon and Adeño, and the 283rd overall for ISS maintenance and upgrades.
- The spacewalk began at 08:35 Eastern Time (15:35 Moscow time).
- The ISS currently hosts a crew of seven, including Russian cosmonauts and astronauts from NASA and ESA.
Points of divergence
- The spacewalk began at 08:35 Eastern Time (15:35 Moscow time). — interfax
- The spacewalk began at 08:27 Eastern Time (15:27 Moscow time). — kommersant
- This was the third mission for Anil Menon and the second for Sophie Adeño. — kommersant
- The spacewalk was the 283rd in the history of ISS assembly, maintenance, and modernization. — interfax
- NASA noted that Sophie Adeño became the first Frenchwoman to perform a spacewalk. — kommersant
Coverage (4 sources)
- Work on the open space for modernizing the communication system on the ISS has ended — Интерфакс
- Astronauts from the USA and France went out into open space for the second time with the ISS — Коммерсантъ
- Astronauts went out into open space from the ISS for mounting a new antenna — Интерфакс
- MKS astronauts will go out into open space on Tuesday for installation work — Интерфакс
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