Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques set to make first spacewalk on Monday GlobeTechnology
“It’s spectacular that David is going to get to do one,” said Dave Williams, a retired astronaut who holds the record for Canadian spacewalks with three performed during his final mission in August, 2007.
Today, as crew activities on the station have shifted from construction to maintenance, training for spacewalks has evolved from a focus on specific tasks to preparing for a more generic, all-purpose activity. “There’s a heightened perception of your role as an operator on behalf of the whole planet,” Dr. Saint-Jacques told The Globe and Mail last year when describing training for a spacewalk.
The first took place on March 22 with a line up featuring Ms. McClain and flight engineer Nick Hague. The second, which was to be the first spacewalk in history conducted by two women, became a news item when Ms. McClain, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, opted against doing the EVA in a large size spacesuit as originally planned. Her crew mate, Christina Koch, used the one medium suit available on the station for her first spacewalk, together with Mr. Hague, leaving Ms.
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