Summary
They started their walk at early morning time in the United States and evening time in India.
This was Jessica's sixth walk and Anil's first, helping keep the space station safe.
Key Points
5 points1
Anil Menon and Jessica Meir performed a spacewalk.
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It was the 281st spacewalk for the space station.
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The walk began at 8:33 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (United States) and 6:03 p.m. Indian Standard Time (India).
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Jessica Meir has done six spacewalks; this was Anil Menon's first.
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The purpose was to upgrade equipment on the space station.
New Words to Learn
5 wordsspacewalk
A walk outside a spacecraft while wearing a special suit.
Eastern Daylight Time
The time used on the east side of the United States during summer.
Indian Standard Time
The time used throughout India.
upgrade
To improve or make something work better.
space station
A large laboratory that stays in space and orbits Earth.
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