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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