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Two NASA astronauts, Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren have left the safety of their home in the International Space Station to service its laboratory today.
Preparing my space suit tool belt for tomorrow’s #spacewalk. I wonder if Batman goes through this process?https://t.co/xlYa5Bo5M2
— Kjell Lindgren (@astro_kjell) October 27, 2015
Kelly, the spacecraft’s commander, and Lindgren, a flight engineer, are installing a new thermal cover to the station’s Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and giving its Canadarm2 robotic arm a service.
.@Astro_Kjell working on @AMSISS. @NASA TV #spacewalk coverage temporarily switches to… https://t.co/y2JvWCW5LW pic.twitter.com/taVhUn1ieO
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) October 28, 2015
November 2 will mark fifteen years of humans living continuously on the International Space Station.
