Astronauts went into space to repair the spectrometer on the ISS

“Spacewalk has begun! At 7:02 (15:02 Moscow time) astronauts Andrew Morgan and Luca Parmitano set up their spacesuit on battery power, marking the beginning of a complex 6.5-hour spacewalk, ”the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said in a statement. Space (NASA) on Twitter.

Astronauts have to repair a magnetic alpha spectrometer.

SPACEWALK UNDERWAY! At 7:02 am ET @AstroDrewMorgan and @astro_luca set their spaces to battery power, marking the beginning of a complex 6.5 hour spacewalk to repair a cosmic ray detector. Watch live coverage: https://t.co/cYFxNkJiIS

In early November, NASA reported that the cargo ship Cygnus arrived at the ISS.