NASA astronaut mistakenly drops a mirror in space during his June 26 spacewalk

On June 27, as astronauts Cassidy and Behnken were on ir walk journey, commander Cassidy lost control of mirror that was attached to his suit. mirror which flew away with a speed of one foot per second luckily did t cause any mishap to anyone. However, object is w one amongst many junks that w orbit  Earth. NASA officials mentioned that Cassidy dropped small mirror by accident as he lost control while leaving  International Station for a walk to work on batteries. Re on to kw about what happened during Behnken and Cassidy's walk yesterday. 

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Cassidy and Behnken replacing old batteries in

Behnken and ISS astronaut Chris Cassidy h started ir “walk” on June 26. Among many milestones for hours-long walk that is underway, latest update posted by NASA and ISS said that first of three ing nickel-hydrogen batteries have been replaced. 

However, when Commander Chris Cassidy went out in for a walk to replace last bunch of old batteries, mirror that was attached to his hand floated away at speed of a foot per second. However, when Bob Behnken followed him, he was found to be safe and mishaps happened due to floating mirror. 

NASA, however, said that mirror posed risk to astronauts' walk or station. Astronauts who step out for ir walk wear a wrist mirror on ir sleeves to get better views while working. mirror is said to be about 5 inches by 3 inches and weighed approximately one-tenth of a pound. 

It is expected that once six new lithium-ion batteries are installed, ISS should work fine for rest of its operational period. new batteries are said to be more powerful and efficient as compared to old nickel-hydrogen batteries. 

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X's first astronaut launch

Few weeks after historic launch of X Crew Dragon that carried Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to International Station (ISS), Behnken and ISS astronaut Chris Cassidy have started “walk” on June 26. Currently, Cassidy and Behnken have six more batteries to plug in before ir walk job is complete. job is actually very difficult as each battery is about a yard tall and wide, plus it weighs 180 kilograms i.e. 400 pounds.

ir walks will continue through month of July after which Behnken will return to Earth in August. He will be aboard a X Dragon capsule. This is seventh walk for both Hurley and Behnken, each of m has spent more than 30 hours in as of yet.

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