Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan Complete Installation of Second Commercial Docking Port

By  //  August 22, 2019

fifth spacewalk in 2019, and the first for Morgan

During a six-hour and 32-minute spacewalk, NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan successfully installed the second of two international docking adapters (IDAs). (NASA image)

(NASA) –  During a six-hour and 32-minute spacewalk, NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan successfully installed the second of two international docking adapters (IDAs).

The IDAs will be used for the future arrivals of Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon commercial crew spacecraft.

NASA’s commercial crew partnership with Boeing and SpaceX will restore launches of American astronauts from American soil on American rockets and maximize the time U.S. crews can dedicate to scientific research and technological advances aboard the orbiting laboratory to enable the agency’s ambitious goals for the Artemis lunar exploration program and future missions to the Moon and Mars.

Regular human space transportation to the space station is a critical step to opening the space station for commercial business to enable the growth of the U.S. commercial space sector and the development of a robust low-Earth orbit economy.

The spacewalkers also completed additional routing for the station’s wireless internet.

Space station crew members have spent a total of 56 days, 23 hours, and 26 minutes during 218 spacewalks in support of station assembly, maintenance and upgrades.

It was the fifth spacewalk in 2019 and the first for Morgan. During three spacewalks, Hague has now spent a total of 19 hours and 59 minutes outside the space station.

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