Tim Peake to go on six-hour spacewalk to repair International Space Station

Tim Peake is to mark his first month on the International Space Station by climbing into a spacesuit and taking a walk outside. Britain’s first European Space Agency astronaut has been called on to perform a six-hour “extra-vehicular activity” (EVA) to replace a broken solar-power unit and lay cables for future docking ports. The spacewalk - with the Nasa astronaut Tim Kopra - is planned for 15 January with the station commander, Scott Kelly, helping them in and out of their spacesuits. The EVA will be Kopra’s second since arriving at the station. More

(Source: The Guardian - Jan 6)