NASA astronauts McClain and Ayers completed a spacewalk


American astronauts Anne McClain and Nicole Ayers have completed a spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on Thursday, May 1, on the website of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
"NASA Astronauts Anne McClain and Nicole Ayers completed their spacewalk at 14:49 (local time, 6:49 GMT). The total release time was 5 hours and 44 minutes," the publication says.
It is specified that this is the third spacewalk for McClain, and the first for Ayers.
In almost six hours aboard the ISS, the astronauts completed all the tasks, including moving the station's communication antennas and installing the mounting bracket for the iROSA solar panels.
Earlier, on April 28, The New York Times reported that the American company Amazon launched 27 Project Kuiper satellites into space, which can be used to transmit high-speed Internet from orbit to Earth.
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