The March 5 spacewalk will be the fourth in Noguchi’s career. Glover has conducted two spacewalks as part of this expedition, making the spacewalk on Feb. These spacewalks will be the third and fourth in Rubins’ career. Rubins will be EV 1 and Noguchi will be EV 2. The crew also will remove and replace a wireless video transceiver assembly. Glover began addressing this issue on a previous spacewalk by installing a stronger magnet to keep the cover closed. The pair will install a “stiffener” on the Quest airlock thermal cover to prevent it from blowing out when residual atmosphere escapes as the hatch is opened. On Friday, March 5, Rubins and Noguchi will venture outside the orbiting outpost to vent ammonia from the Early Ammonia System and complete several other tasks. Glover will be extravehicular crew member 2 (EV 2) and wear a suit with no stripes. Rubins will be extravehicular crew member 1 (EV 1) wearing red stripes. Later this year, the new solar arrays will be positioned in front of six of the current arrays, increasing the station’s total available power from 160 kilowatts to up to 215 kilowatts. The first pair of solar arrays were deployed in December 2000 and have been powering the station for more than 20 years. The current solar arrays are functioning well, but have begun to show signs of degradation, as expected, as they were designed for a 15-year service life. 28, Rubins and Glover will step out of the space station to begin assembling and installing modification kits required for upcoming solar array upgrades. NASA flight engineers Kate Rubins and Victor Glover, as well as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, will conduct the upcoming spacewalks, which will be the 235th and 236th in the history of station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades. Each spacewalk will last approximately six and a half hours. Coverage of the spacewalk on Friday, March 5, will begin at 5:30 a.m., with the astronauts exiting the hatch about 7:00 a.m. 28, spacewalk will begin at 4:30 a.m., with the crew members scheduled to exit the station’s Quest airlock about 6:00 a.m. Chris Edelen, March 5 spacewalk flight director.Kenny Todd, deputy manager, International Space Station Program.Those following the briefing on social media may ask questions using #AskNASA. Reporters who wish to participate by telephone must call the newsroom at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston at 28 to RSVP no later than 4 p.m. With safety restrictions related to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, NASA centers will be unable to host reporters on-site. Live coverage of the briefing and spacewalks will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. NASA will discuss the upcoming spacewalks during a news conference at 2 p.m. 28, and Friday, March 5, to continue upgrades on the International Space Station. Three crew members from Expedition 64 will conduct two spacewalks working in pairs Sunday, Feb.

22 to update information on flight directors for the Feb. Editor’s Note: This media advisory was updated Feb.

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