Two NASA astronauts will conduct the fifth all-female spacewalk in history today (May 1), and you can watch the action live.
Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain will head outside the International Space Station (ISS) today at 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT), kicking off a spacewalk expected to last about 6.5 hours.
You can watch the extravehicular activity (EVA) live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA, or directly via the agency. Coverage will begin at 6:30 a.m. EDT (1030 GMT).
NASA astronaut Anne McClain conducts a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on March 22, 2019. (Image credit: NASA)
Ayers and McClain “will relocate a space station communications antenna and install a mounting bracket ahead of the installation of an additional set of International Space Station Rollout Solar Arrays, also called IROSA,” NASA officials wrote in a spacewalk preview.
