Watch the June 24 Space Walk Live on NASA TV

      Russian flight engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin of the Expedition 36 crew  aboard the International Space Station will conduct a space walk on June 24, 2013 at 9 a.m. EDT. Make sure you have plenty of snacks ready, because this walk will take 6 hours to conduct. The walk is meant to help the crew prepare the International Space Station for the addition of a Russian module, which will occur later in the year.

What They Will Be Doing
      They will replace a fluid flow control panel on the station's Zarya module and install clamps for future power cables as an early step toward swapping the Pirs airlock with a new multipurpose laboratory module. The Russian Federal Space Agency plans to launch a combination research facility, airlock and docking port on a Proton rocket.  In addition to these tasks, the engineers will retrieve science experiments which are located on the outside of the Zvezda service module.

The Numbers:

• This is the 169th spacewalk related to support of the station's assembly and upkeep. 
• It is the sixth space walk for Yurchikhin.
• It  will be Misurkin's first. 
• This is the second of six Russian spacewalks scheduled this year. 
• Two U.S. spacewalks by NASA's Chris Cassidy and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency are scheduled in July. 

What They Will Be Wearing:

    Yurchikhin will wear an Orlan-MK spacesuit with red stripes while Misurkin will wear a suit with blue stripes. Both spacewalkers will be equipped with NASA helmet cameras to provide close-up views of their work.


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