Today, astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch are scheduled to conduct the first of three spacewalks in January to finish replacing nickel-hydrogen batteries with new lithium-ion batteries that store power generated by the solar arrays. Assuming today’s work goes as planned, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and ESA’s Luca Parmitano will also exit the station on Saturday, January 25, to finish installing the new Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer’s cooling apparatus too. NASA live coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 10:30am GMT (5:30am ET) on NASA TV and will also be broadcasted on YouTube.
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