NASA ISS live stream: Spacewalk ON following cancellation of first all-female mission

“The batteries store power generated by the station’s solar arrays to provide power to the microgravity laboratory when the station is not in sunlight as it circles Earth during orbital night.

“One of those new lithium ion batteries has not been successfully holding a charge, so as part of today’s spacewalk, Hague will begin preparations for robotic operators to replace the new battery that is not working with the two old batteries, ensuring optimal power supply at the space station.”

NASA had been set to see out the first ever all-female spacewalk today, however, the space agency was forced to rearrange at the last minute.

This was in part due to the fact the space agency doesn’t have enough space suits that fit the astronauts.