Watch NASA astronauts install a dock adapter on the ISS during spacewalk
It's supposed to take six and a half hours.
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The International Space Station above the Earth.
The International Space Station is getting a new docking adapter.
Astronauts worked to install a port for Boeing and SpaceX commercial crewships during a spacewalk Wednesday that started at 8:27 a.m. PT, CBS News reported. The spacewalk is supposed to take about 6 and a half hours to complete.
This spacewalk is the third for astronaut Nick Hague and the the first for Drew Morgan.
The docking adapter will reportedly cost $22.5 million.
NASA is livestreaming the spacewalk.
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