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Watch Russian cosmonauts install new X-ray detector during ISS spacewalk today (video)


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Two Russian cosmonauts will venture out into the vacuum of space today, and you can watch it live.

Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos will begin a spacewalk, or extra-vehicular activity (EVA), outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday (Dec. 19) beginning at 10:10 ET (1310 GMT). The spacewalk is expected to last six-and-a-half hours as the two Expedition 72 crewmates install a new instrument that will measure cosmic X-ray sources as well as new electrical equipment, according to NASA.

You can watch the entire spacewalk here, courtesy of NASA. Coverage begins at 9:45 ET (1445 GMT).

an astronaut in a white space suit hangs on to a metal bar on the outside of a large white structure. the blackness of space fills the background

Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub from Roscosmos is pictured during a spacewalk to inspect a backup radiator, deploy a nanosatellite, and install communications hardware on the International Space Station’s Nauka science module in April 2024. (Image credit: NASA)

In addition to installing new equipment, Ovchinin and Vagner will remove several older science experiments from the outside of the station. During the spacewalk, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexsandr Gorbunov will operate the European Robotic Arm (ERA) from inside the space station while Ovchinin and Vagner relocate a control panel for the arm.



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