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🌟 At 8:11 am ET (12:11 UT) @Astro_Kimbrough and @Thom_Astro set their spacesuits to battery power marking the start of today's ~ 6.5 hour spacewalk to install new @Space_Station roll out solar arrays: pic.twitter.com/z0q9ZKN4IQ
- NASA (@NASA) June 16, 2021
Astronauts intend to install solar panels.
It is assumed that the spacewalk will last about 6.5 hours.
On June 5, it was reported that the Dragon cargo ship docked at the International Space Station.
There were 3.3 tons of cargo on board.