Date: 13/09/2021 09:31:01
From: fsm
ID: 1789659
Subject: Spacewalk

Spacewalk Outside the International Space Station

Does your weekend include any home improvements? Ours does! On Sun. Sept. 12 at 8:30 a.m. EDT (12:30 UTC), watch Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet venture outside the International Space Station to perform upgrades to the orbiting lab.

The duo will spend approximately 6.5 hours in the vacuum of space preparing the space station for the installation of its third new roll-up solar array.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvsMOSAfHG0&t=115s

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Date: 13/09/2021 11:54:05
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1789683
Subject: re: Spacewalk

fsm said:


Spacewalk Outside the International Space Station

Does your weekend include any home improvements? Ours does! On Sun. Sept. 12 at 8:30 a.m. EDT (12:30 UTC), watch Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet venture outside the International Space Station to perform upgrades to the orbiting lab.

The duo will spend approximately 6.5 hours in the vacuum of space preparing the space station for the installation of its third new roll-up solar array.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvsMOSAfHG0&t=115s

Why does everyone wear the same clothes? And why those useless back pockets in the pants? Not even a single pocket in the shirts? Where did they shop for clothes – Target?

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Date: 13/09/2021 12:44:56
From: fsm
ID: 1789691
Subject: re: Spacewalk

mollwollfumble said:

Why does everyone wear the same clothes? And why those useless back pockets in the pants? Not even a single pocket in the shirts? Where did they shop for clothes – Target?

Why do they all wear belts when there is no gravity to make their pants fall down?

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Date: 13/09/2021 13:09:15
From: furious
ID: 1789697
Subject: re: Spacewalk

I am not sure which particular clothes you are talking about but I believe it might be what is commonly referred to as a uniform…

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Date: 13/09/2021 13:24:57
From: Ian
ID: 1789702
Subject: re: Spacewalk

Wonder why they’re not wearing radio mics

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Date: 14/09/2021 07:22:22
From: esselte
ID: 1789957
Subject: re: Spacewalk

mollwollfumble said:

Where did they shop for clothes – Target?

https://www.vice.com/en/article/kbyamw/why-astronauts-burn-their-dirty-underwear

Motherboard:
This may be a stupid question, but where do you buy all the polos and cargo pants? Costco?

Trevino:
We have a contractor, Lockheed Martin, which provides the clothing, and they purchase from Lands’ End, Cabela’s, Blackhawk. They are commercial products, but we do test them to our requirements.

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Date: 19/09/2021 13:17:44
From: SCIENCE
ID: 1792363
Subject: re: Spacewalk

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