Astronauts perform station maintenance on spacewalk
Posted: Sun, Mar 27, 2022, 8:45 AM ET (1245 GMT)
Two astronauts completed most of the work planned for a spacewalk Wednesday after recovering from a spacesuit problem. Raja Chari and Matthias Maurer started the spacewalk at 8:32 am EDT (1232 GMT) but spent the first hour fixing a loose helmet camera on Maurer's suit. The two were still able to complete the major tasks during the nearly seven-hour EVA, such as attaching hoses on a radiator module and replacing an external camera, but some low-priority tasks were deferred. After going back inside the station, astronauts reported there was water building up inside Maurer's helmet, but much less than the leak that threatened Luca Parmitano during a 2013 spacewalk.
Two astronauts completed most of the work planned for a spacewalk Wednesday after recovering from a spacesuit problem. Raja Chari and Matthias Maurer started the spacewalk at 8:32 am EDT (1232 GMT) but spent the first hour fixing a loose helmet camera on Maurer's suit. The two were still able to complete the major tasks during the nearly seven-hour EVA, such as attaching hoses on a radiator module and replacing an external camera, but some low-priority tasks were deferred. After going back inside the station, astronauts reported there was water building up inside Maurer's helmet, but much less than the leak that threatened Luca Parmitano during a 2013 spacewalk.
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