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Expedition 70 crewmates Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara, both of NASA, are seen working outside of the International Space Station during the fourth-ever all-female spacewalk on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023.Two NASA astronauts completed their first spacewalk together outside of the International Space Station, the fourth all-female EVA in history.
With the old bearing removed, Moghbeli set off to straighten out an ethernet cable providing data transfer for an external camera while O'Hara worked with a microgravity grease gun to lubricate the race ring before installing the spare trundle bearing. She then switched to a pistol grip tool — a custom designed space drill — to secure the replacement unit's bolts, which went in without issue.
The original plan for Wednesday's spacewalk called for Moghbeli to install a foot restraint at the end of the station's Canadarm 2 robotic arm and then use it to ride to where the S-band radio frequency group box is located on the starboard side of the truss. Given the unit's removal was now waived for a later EVA, Mission Control directed Moghbeli to forgo use of the robotic arm and just make her way over to the work site.
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