Two astronauts are conducting a spacewalk on the International Space Station on Friday. During the spacewalk, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both crew members of Expedition 64, will complete work to prepare the ISS for solar array upgrades.
LIVE: Spacewalk at the @Space_Station with astronauts Kate Rubins and @Astro_Soichi to prepare our orbiting laboratory for solar array upgrades.
https://t.co/bUMIgdbzFt https://t.co/bUMIgdbzFt The spacewalkers begin their work at 7 a.m. and are expected to be outside the ISS in the vacuum of space for about six-and-a-half hours, according to NASA.