LIVE NOW 🛰👨🚀: Coverage of and 's #spacewalk, scheduled at 7:35 am EST, is on! Their mission is to begin replacing the nickel-hydrogen batteries with new lithium-ion batteries. Watch live ↓
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“The ace up our sleeve, if you will, is the crew that we’re sending out the door." -Allison Bolinger, #spacewalk flight director.
and are pros - they have a combined 12 spacewalks under their belts.
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. has egressed into #space. He will pave the way towards the Integrated Electronics Assembly (IEA) to prepare the new #lithiumion batteries for installation, currently held by the robotic arm. WATCH ↓ #Spacewalk
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. has now also left the for #space, and will follow to the IEA to prepare the area for battery installation. #spacewalk
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The #lithiumIon batteries being installed in the were chosen because of their superior energy storage capabilities. Their purpose is to keep experiments and life support at full power when the station is in the Earth's shadow. MORE ↓ #Spacewalk
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#Lithium is a main component of next-gen battery storage tech for #cleanenergy back home too. For #renewableenergy to be reliable, wind turbines must store power when the wind isn't blowing -Solar panels have to store energy when the sun isn't shining...
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But 60% of U.S. #lithium is from China. Large-scale #renewableenergy isn't viable while this is the case.
READ: A republican bill to source #criticalminerals independently from our adversaries, making #renewables a realistic option ↓ @RepMichaelWaltz
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Both are safely aboard the ! This completes the first of many #spacewalks that will be conducted with the #CrewDragon and #Demo2 team . The next is scheduled for Wednesday, July 1. Stay tuned!
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