Description : 3 covers with Expedition 42 EVAs.
One of the key aspects of Mission 42 - and other missions in 2015 - is the preparation (that is, reconfiguration) of parts of the ISS to allow commercial space taxis to dock at the station. The mission requires several space walks in 2015 to prepare a berthing slip is being prepared at the forward end of the Harmony connecting node where space shuttles formerly docked, and another on Harmony`s zenith port. These new ports will allow the for Boeing`s CST-100 and SpaceX`s Dragon capsules to dock at the ISS. The first paid passengers are expected to arrive in 2017.
EVA #1 FEBRUARY 21, 2015
 NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts rigged a series of power and data cables at the forward end of the Harmony module and Pressurized Mating Adapter-2 and routed 340 of 360 feet of cable during this 6-hour, 41-minute spacewalk.

EVA #2 FEBRUARY 25, 2015
The 6-hour, 43-minute spacewalk by NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts included the completion of rigging a series of power cables on Pressurized Mating Adapter-2, lubricated the Latching End Effecter of the space station`s Canadarm2 robotic arm, and prepared the Tranquility module for the station`s upcoming reconfiguration in preparation for the arrival of commercial crew vehicles later this decade.

EVA #3 - MARCH 1, 2015
NASA astronauts Terry Virts and Barry Wilmore ended the 5-hour, 38-minute spacewalk installing 400 feet of cable and several antennas associated with the Common Communications for Visiting Vehicles system (C2V2).

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