NASA astronauts Robert Kimbrough and ESA Thomas Sands replaced the battery in the ISS. This would have to go into space. The broadcast job execution led Agency NASA.
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Kimbrough has walked in space four times. For the Sand it’s first flight and first spacewalk.
As part of the job, the astronauts were at 14:22 Moscow time to the spacewalk and install three lithium-ion batteries, which are delivered to the station in December. Previously, Kimbrough together with Peggy Whitson connected three lithium-ion batteries in space.
New batteries have higher energy content compared to the hydrogen-Nickel. Batteries are cheaper to operate than model modules.
