NASA Astronauts Behnken, Cassidy Conduct Final Spacewalk Before SpaceX Capsule Returns to Earth Written 22 July 2020
NASA astronaut Bob Behnken (left) pictured during a spacewalk to swap batteries and upgrade power systems on the International Space Station | NASA
The AP reports that on Tuesday, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy completed their final spacewalk outside the ISS before preparing for the SpaceX Dragon crew capsule’s return flight to Earth. The astronauts “routed cables, hooked up a tool storage chest and removed thermal shielding from a docking port that will house a commercial airlock later this year.” This spacewalk marks the 10th of both Behnken’s and Cassidy’s career, “tying the U.S. record set by previous space station residents.”
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