Watch Live as NASA Astronauts Take On a Rare All-Woman Spacewalk Outside the ISS

Two astronauts are gearing up for some orbital maintenance work outside the International Space Station (ISS) during a rare all-woman spacewalk. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers are set to begin their spacewalk on Thursday at 8 a.m. ET, exiting the space station for a planned six hours and 35 minutes. NASA will broadcast the spacewalk live on NASA+ and the agency’s YouTube channel. You can also tune in through the live feed below. During their spacewalk, the astronauts will work to relocate a space station communications antenna and install a mounting bracket ahead of the installation of an additional set of ISS Rollout Solar Arrays, also called IROSA. The arrays will be installed during another upcoming spacewalk. IROSA is designed to boost power generation capability on the ISS by up to 30%, which would increase the station’s total available power from 160 kilowatts to up to 215 kilowatts, according to NASA. The pair will also work to upgrade the station’s power syste ... Read full article.