ISS astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Peggy Whitson to conduct second spacewalk on Thursday!

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New Delhi: Two astronauts will conduct the second spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, March 30.

Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA will reconnect the cables and electrical connections on PMA-3 at its new home on top Harmony.

The two astronauts will also install the second of the two upgraded computer relay boxes on the station’s truss and install shields and covers on PMA-3 and the now-vacant common berthing mechanism port on Tranquility.

NASA is live streaming the six-and-a-half hour spacewalk online and you can Watch it HERE. Also, NASA TV is providing complete coverage of the spacewalk scheduled to begin about 8 a.m. EDT, Thursday.

This will be the 199th spacewalk in support of space station assembly and maintenance.

The spacewalk is Kimbrough’s sixth of his career and Whitson's eighth of her career – more than any other female astronaut.

A third spacewalk is scheduled for Thursday, April 6.