Live SpaceX Polaris Dawn Spacewalk (opens in new tab)

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18 pointsstarwatch1y ago4 comments

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basementcat1y ago· 1 in thread

I hope the astronauts stay safe; their radiation exposure during the space walk is expected to be on the order of several weeks on ISS.

teractiveodular1y ago

The radiation exposure is due to their earlier intentional high orbit passing through the van Allen belts. For the spacewalk, they returned to a regular orbit.

spoonfeeder0061y ago

Is that the engine exhaust on the right image? With the flames? Crazy...

me_me_me1y ago

this is more of a space gopher than a spacewalk, but still

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