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USA TODAY NETWORK Published 9:58 a.m. ET March 24, 2017 | Updated 7:26 p.m. ET March 24, 2017

epa05716490 A handout photo made available by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during his first spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS), 13 January 2017 (issued 14 January 2017). Together with NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, he spent five hours and 58 minutes outside the Space Station to complete a battery upgrade to the ISS power system. EPA/ESA/NASA HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES(Photo: ESA/NASA HANDOUT, EPA)

Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agencyare on the first of threespacewalks outside the International Space Stationto prepare for the future arrival of U.S. commercial crew spacecraft. Watch the spacewalk live in the player above.

During Friday's spacewalk, NASA saysthe astronauts willprepare the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) for installation of the secondInternational Docking Adapter, which will accommodate commercial crew vehicle dockings. The PMA-3 provides the pressurized interface between the station modules and the docking adapter.

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