{"id":164315,"date":"2021-01-27T18:26:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T15:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nasa-astronauts-conduct-first-spacewalk-of-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-01-27T18:26:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T15:26:11","slug":"nasa-astronauts-conduct-first-spacewalk-of-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-astronauts-conduct-first-spacewalk-of-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"#NASA astronauts conduct first spacewalk of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#NASA astronauts conduct first spacewalk of 2021<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/nasa-space-walk-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Astronauts on Wednesday conducted the first\u00a0spacewalk\u00a0of 2021 from the\u00a0International Space Station\u00a0(ISS).<\/p>\n<p>The event on Wednesday is the first in a pair of spacewalks, the second set for Feb. 1.\u00a0Both walks are planned to be 6.5 hours, according to NASA.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover floated out early and headed straight to Columbus, one of the three high-tech labs at the orbiting outpost.<\/p>\n<p>Hopkins and Glover upgraded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> and communications gear on the station and completed long-term battery upgrade work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a beautiful view,\u201d Hopkins observed as the station soared 260 miles above Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<p>The first spacewalk focused\u00a0on completing set-up for the \u201cBartolomeo\u201d science payload platform, named after Christopher Columbus\u2019 brother. The astronauts also set up a Ka-band terminal to provide independent, high-bandwidth communication links to European ground stations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spacewalk by NASA Astronauts to Install Space Station Science Platform\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q3tVWmP0CMc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Astronaut Katie Rubins will assist during both spacewalks by operating robotic arms from inside the space station while Hopkins and Glover work outside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pair of astronauts arrived at the ISS aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience in mid-November.<\/p>\n<p>Hopkins has performed two spacewalks before, but these will be Glover\u2019s first two missions. Both are scheduled to complete further spacewalks in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>A spacewalk is any time an astronaut moves around in space outside of a vehicle. In 2020, astronauts on the ISS completed eight spacewalks for a total of 232 missions since the first ISS spacewalk in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>NASA-TV\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasalive\">will stream both missions<\/a>\u00a0starting at 5:30 am on the day of the spacewalk, while the missions themselves will start at 7 am.\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The event on Wednesday is the first in a pair of spacewalks, the second set for Feb. 1.\u00a0Both walks are planned to be 6.5 hours, according to NASA. 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