NASA astronauts fix robotic arm during spacewalk

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NASA astronauts fix robotic arm during spacewalk  NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir stepped outside the International Space Station on Tuesday (June 30) to replace a malfunctioning wrist joint on the orbital complex's Canadarm2 robotic arm, the US space agency said. The joint failed during normal operations on May 27 after the arm drew elevated motor current and did not move as expected. NASA worked with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to diagnose the problem and determined a spacewalk was needed to swap in a spare already aboard the station. The spacewalk, the 280th in support of station assembly and maintenance, began at approximately 8:35 a.m. EDT (1235 GMT) and was expected to last roughly six and a half hours. It was the second spacewalk for Williams and the fifth for Meir. Repairs to the robotic arm are routine after more than 25 years of continuous operations, NASA said, as the system was designed with replaceable components and planned maintenance in mind.  NASA  Check out our Streaming Channel: https://streaming.manilatimes.net/  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net  Follow us: Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion  Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Check out our Podcasts: Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #WorldNews

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00:00uh so that they can have that nice grip and as you can see here uh no bad days when

00:05you're outside

00:05the international space station doing a spacewalk williams getting some great photography in while

00:10they have a bit of a down moment awaiting this arm movement what do they space you think i can

00:16reach my yacht title it's under the lift of the that's also under the lift of the pump module you

00:20see that i yeah i think you could yeah you're like right up against that pump module that's

00:28not that's not what i was talking about you're on the y'all paddle right now if you push your

00:31room yeah i'm going to actually just try to do this yep that yep you're clear of it you're clear

00:36yep

00:39it's out it's forward

00:42okay all right i'm going to ingress houston's following along um great problem solving you

00:48too um with the pgt out jess you will be stowing that on the cruel old bag and also performing

00:56a

00:56socket swap so putting the rigid socket from the pgt to the erad from the crew lock bag

01:03and if you've been following along williams has released several of the fasteners that are

01:08securing the spare joint to the structure outside the space station and now jessica meer is going to

01:14work to release the remaining fasteners and will be flying over the entire united states essentially

01:21including directly over houston texas here in just a couple of minutes and this view from inside the

01:27international space station flight control room where the orbit 2 team is being led by nasa flight

01:34director fiona and koviak here is a view of the arm where the wrist joint will be repaired during today's

01:41spacewalk close paddles out and locked yeah copy that is a great config good work you two removed from

01:50another location and brought over to be utilized during the next portion of the spacewalk

02:00have the erad ready and i'm ready to release copy book okay we need to come more out

02:07and a pretty breathtaking view here of nasa astronaut chris williams from his helmet camera as he peers

02:14down at the earth below as it flies just off the coast of baja california so stay low on the

02:20sp2 yep i

02:21just need to get my your tea off

02:40so

02:54you

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