Expedition 61 U.S. EVA 59 Animation

Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station for a series of complex spacewalks this month and next to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), a cosmic ray detector. Over the course of the spacewalks, Expedition 61 Commander Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, and NASA Flight Engineer Drew Morgan will replace a cooling system and fix a coolant leak on AMS, which was delivered to the station in May 2011. The upgraded cooling system will support AMS through the lifetime of the space station. This is animation of the first spacewalk in the series