Astronauts Remove RFG Unit

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NASA astronaut Suni Williams sets new record on 5.5-hour spacewalk outside ISS

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Astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore successfully removed a faulty radio communications unit.

The two ran out of time to accomplish all of the tasks planned for Thursday ’s EVA (extravehicular activity) The radio frequency group ( RFG ) was first attempted in April 2023 , when a central latching bolt refused to release.

A second spacewalk in October 2023 was also tasked with trying to retrieve the RFG but only had enough time to inspect it.

In 2021 , he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History. In 2023 , the National Space Club Florida Committee recognized Pearlman with the Kolcum News and Communications Award for excellence in telling the space story along the Space Coast and throughout the world..

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