Indian-origin American astronaut Sunita Williams and her partner Vuch Wilmore have been stranded in space for more than 200 days. However, now news is coming about Sunita Williams that she will come out of the space station and do a space walk. Do you know what a space walk is and when it can be done.
Sunita Williams stuck in space
Sunita Williams and her partner Vuch Wilmore have been in space since June. Are trapped in. Due to technical problems in his vehicle, his return is continuously getting postponed. Last few days, Sunita Williams and her friends had celebrated Christmas and New Year in space. Whose photo was released by NASA on social media.
NASA will organize a space walk
Let us tell you that the American space agency NASA will organize a spacewalk for the International Space Station on January 16 and 23. This spacewalk is going to be organized in two phases. NASA’s first spacewalk will take place on January 16. In which Sunita Williams, along with astronaut Nick Hague, will replace the Rate Gyro assembly at the Space Station and repair the damaged part of the light filter for the X-ray telescope. This spacewalk will start at 05:30 pm.
Apart from this, NASA’s second spacewalk will take place on January 23. In which astronauts will remove the radio antenna from the exterior of the station and collect samples of microorganisms from the surface. Its purpose is to see whether any microorganisms are present in the orbital complex. Let us tell you that this spacewalk will also start at 05:30 pm and will last for about 6.5 hours.
What is a space walk?
According to the American space agency NASA, whenever an astronaut If someone exits a spacecraft in space, it is called a spacewalk. Actually spacewalk is technically called EVA. Let us tell you that EVA means Extravehicular Activity.
There is a special suit for space walk
Let us tell you that whenever astronauts go on a spacewalk, they wear a special spacesuit for safety. wear. There is enough oxygen inside these spacesuits for breathing. Apart from this, water is also available to quench thirst. Astronauts wear spacesuits hours before leaving for the spacewalk. Let us tell you that these suits are pressurized, that is, they are filled with oxygen. Before exiting their spacecraft, astronauts take pure oxygen, so that the amount of nitrogen present in their body becomes zero. Because nitrogen can cause problems during spacewalk.
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