Missed the first spacewalk of 2017? Here's video for you to watch

Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA have completed the first of two power upgrade spacewalks on January 6, 2017. 

Missed the first spacewalk of 2017? Here's video for you to watch
Image credit: NASA/YouTube

New Delhi: Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA have completed the first of two power upgrade spacewalks on January 6, 2017. 

During the six-hour-and-thirty-two-minute spacewalk, the two NASA astronauts successfully installed three new adapter plates and hooked up electrical connections for three of the six new lithium-ion batteries on the International Space Station, says NASA.

NASA Television provided live coverage of the spacewalk. And just in case you missed it, here's a video of the two astronauts performing their tasks outside the station:

Video credit: NASA

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