thousands of things. as you mentioned, scott and chel, it s their first time outside. normally one of them has gone out before. so that s a big deal to try to get every detail right. they re talking to tracy caldwell dyson. she s done three spacewalks. she s down in houston mission control to try to keep everything straight. the two new american spaceships, the starliner and dragon coming up in the next couple of years, they have to dock with different mechanisms. so the guys are out there to put up a bunch of new wires to power up those docking mechanisms. so they re electricians today, a little bit of plumbing going on and a little bit of sun shades. it s a busy day for the two of them. okay. so i think every american has now seen the movie the martian, and you see the commander of the spaceship, you know, in that power pack suit. is that what scott kelly is wearing, too, and chen? yeah, both of them, they wear a suit, it s like a one-person spaceship, but strapped to the
their sunday. these guys are 220 miles above the earth. the amount of cable work they re doing has never been done before. the commander and terri virts are installing nearly 800. today s space walk comes after two earlier this week. nasa hasn t conducted this many in such a short amount of time since its formal shuttle days. nasa spent two days analyzing water leaks in a helmet that happened after wednesday s space walk. they decided it was condensation and the astronauts were never in any danger. their working on cables for new docking mechanisms that will be used by commercial crew ships being built by boeing a little bit like commercial taxis for astronauts. the contracts are worth nearly $7 billion and later this year a