Williams Rides Canadarm2 Robotic Arm on Spacewalk | International Space Station

Williams Rides Canadarm2 Robotic Arm on Spacewalk | International Space Station

Canadarm2's Latching End Effector (LEE) 

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams can be seen here attached to the 17-meter (55+ foot) long Canadian Space Agency Canadarm2 robotic arm latching end effector while being maneuvered to her worksite 264 miles above the South Pacific Ocean.

Learn about Canadian space robotics:

https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/iss/robotics/default.asp

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore concluded a spacewalk on Jan. 30, 2025. It was the ninth spacewalk for Williams and the fifth for Wilmore, and it was the 274th spacewalk in support of space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades. Williams surpassed former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson’s record for total spacewalking time by a female astronaut. Williams now has 62 hours, 6 minutes of total spacewalk time, fourth on NASA’s all-time list.

Williams and Wilmore completed their primary objectives, including removing a radio frequency group antenna assembly from the station’s truss and collecting samples of surface material for analysis from the Destiny laboratory and the Quest airlock.

Expedition 72 Updates:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 72 Crew

Station Commander: Suni Williams
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov
NASA Flight Engineers: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Capture Date: Jan. 30, 2025

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