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Tim Peake confirmed for spacewalk Tim Peake set for first spacewalk by British citizen
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UK astronaut Tim Peake will carry out a spacewalk on 15 January, Nasa has confirmed. UK astronaut Tim Peake is to carry out the first ever spacewalk by a British citizen, Nasa has confirmed.
The walk, to replace a failed voltage regulator on the outside of the International Space Station, is the first for a British astronaut. Mr Peake and Nasa astronaut Tim Kopra will venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) on 15 January to replace a failed voltage regulator.
Mr Peake launched on a Russian rocket from Kazakhstan on 15 December to begin a six-month stay on the orbiting outpost. Mr Peake launched on a Russian rocket on 15 December to begin a six-month stay on the orbiting outpost.
More to come. This will be the second spacewalk in under three weeks for Mr Kopra, who has flown into space once before, in 2009.
The two Tims will don their spacesuits and exit the US Quest airlock to replace an electrical box known as a Sequential Shunt Unit (SSU).
The failure of this voltage regulator on 13 November last year compromised one of the station's eight power channels.
Mr Peake supported a spacewalk on 21 December last year, in which Mr Kopra and station commander Scott Kelly moved a stalled component known as the "mobile transporter" on the outside of the ISS.
The Briton stayed inside the ISS, helping the Americans don their spacesuits and monitor their progress for mission control.
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