Robert Pearlman is a space historian, journalist and the founder and editor of collectSPACE.com, an online publication and community devoted to space history with a particular focus on how and where space exploration intersects with pop culture. Pearlman is also a contributing writer for Space.com and co-author of 'Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space” published by Smithsonian Books in 2018. He previously developed online content for the National Space Society and Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, helped establish the space tourism company Space Adventures and currently serves on the History Committee of the American Astronautical Society, the advisory committee for The Mars Generation and leadership board of For All Moonkind. In 2009, he was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2021, he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History.
, or extravehicular activity , by taking their spacesuits to battery power and exiting the U.S. Quest airlock.
From there it was mostly a straightforward task to complete the mount, which will support the new iROSA array for the 1A power channel on the starboard side of the station's truss.
With the"mid-strut" secured in place and a lower strut installed, Wakata and Mann completed the major task of the spacewalk and moved on to some"get-aheads," including relocating a portable foot restraint and replacing the ingress aid for another of the same devices. After pausing to pose for a few photographs each, Mann and Wakata reentered the airlock and began its re-pressurization at 2:26 p.m. EST , ending the spacewalk after 6 hours and 41 minutes.
Astronaut Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency performs a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.
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