Crew Enjoys Light-Duty Day, Debriefs Spacewalk

Four International Space Station residents had a light-duty day Thursday, taking time off and finishing closeout procedures after yesterday’s spacewalk. Astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams ended a seven-hour, two-minute spacewalk at 3:54 p.m. EDT, completing tasks to prepare the 2A power channel for the future installation of roll-out solar arrays.

It was Meir’s fourth spacewalk and Williams’ first. The spacewalkers, joined by Jack Hathaway and European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, took the morning off. Hathaway and Adenot had monitored the spacewalk and helped Meir and Williams don and doff their suits, then joined them for an afternoon debrief with ground teams.

Later, Williams performed spacesuit work, including a water recharge and a torque-wrench reset, while Meir collected biological samples for health research. Three cosmonauts in the Roscosmos segment spent the day exercising, inspecting modules, cleaning, and stowing cargo.

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