Walk to last more than six hours and is being conducted during an eclipse of International Space Station to avoid the danger of the sun activating panelsBritish astronaut Tim Peake’s first spacewalk will assume him to the far halt of the International Space Station on Friday,as he and another astronaut repair a power unit before the sun makes it too dangerous to work on the solar panels.
The spacewalk, scheduled for 12.55pm GMT (7.55am EST) and expected to last more than six hours, or is the first for a British astronaut with the European Space Agency. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com