Watch Russian cosmonauts install new X-ray detector during ISS spacewalk today

Two Russian cosmonauts will venture out into the vacuum of space today, and you can watch it live. Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner of Russia's space agency Roscosmos will begin a spacewalk, or extra-vehicular activity (EVA), outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday (Dec. 19) beginning at 10:10 ET (1310 GMT). The spacewalk is expected to last six-and-a-half hours as the two Expedition 72 crewmates install a new instrument that will measure cosmic X-ray sources as well as new electrical equipment, according to NASA. More

(Source: Space.com - Dec 20)