NASA, ESA astronauts return after spacewalk to replace antenna
Astronauts Anil Menon of NASA and Sophie Adeno of ESA completed a spacewalk to replace a failed communication antenna on the International Space Station, returning to the station after approximately 6.5 hours, though the new antenna was not installed due to time constraints.
Consensus
- Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adeno conducted a spacewalk from the ISS.
- The spacewalk was to replace a failed communication antenna.
- The spacewalk lasted approximately 6.5 hours.
- The spacewalk was the 282nd in ISS history.
- The astronauts returned to the ISS after the spacewalk.
- The ISS currently has a crew of seven people, including Russian cosmonauts and astronauts from NASA and ESA.
Points of divergence
- The old antenna was responsible for data transmission and voice communication between the Houston mission control and the ISS. — interfax
- The astronauts did not install the backup antenna on the Z1 truss segment due to time constraints, and this will be done in a future spacewalk. — interfax
- Sophie Adeno's spacewalk was her first in space. — interfax
- Sophie Adeno became the first French woman to perform a spacewalk. — kommersant
- The spacewalk was the second for Anil Menon and the first for Sophie Adeno. — kommersant
- The spacewalk was being live-streamed on NASA's YouTube channel. — kommersant
Coverage (4 sources)
- NASA and ESA astronauts returned to the ISS after completing external work — Интерфакс
- US and French astronauts went into open space from the ISS — Коммерсантъ
- NASA and ESA astronauts went into open space from the ISS for repair work — Интерфакс
- Astronauts from NASA and ESA will go out into open space from the ISS on Tuesday for repair work — Интерфакс
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