On Friday, Dec. 27, NASA will live stream a seven-hour spacewalk by two Russian crew members aboard the International Space Station. Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency will install photographic and scientific equipment at the hull of the space station. The two members are part of Expedition 38, launched on September 25, 2013. The coverage will begin at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time, with the crew members planning to exit the Space Station airlock at 8 a.m. ET. For the spacewalk, Commander Kotov will be the extravehicular (EV) crew member 1 and Flight Engineer Ryazanskiy the designated EV2. This will be the fifth space walk for Kotov, and the second for Ryazanskiy. You can view the streaming video at the NASA TV web address http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv.
NASA TV’s Public (101) and Media (103) channels are broadcast in standard definition (SD) as well as high definition (HD). The former HD Channel on 105 is no longer in service.