Brevard County

Spacewalk to install new batteries outside ISS set for Friday

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Two astronauts will perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station this Friday, one of them doing so less than a month after arriving.

Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken will place lithium-ion batteries on the outside of the ISS.

It’s part of a power upgrade that began in 2017, and just one of a long list of activities planned since Behnken and fellow astronaut Doug Hurley launched to the ISS aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon almost four weeks ago.

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The spacewalk takes place the same day that SpaceX will attempt to launch another batch of Starlink satellites into space from the Kennedy Space Center. Thursday’s attempted launch was scrubbed due to unfavorable conditions.

The launch can be viewed LIVE on Ch. 9 and by clicking here.

Adam Poulisse, WFTV.com

Adam Poulisse joined WFTV in November 2019.