ISS Crew get ready for IDA-2 installation

IDA-2 being loaded into Dragon's Trunk

There was a spacewalk briefing Monday discussion the installation of the International Docking Adapter (IDA) that was launched to the ISS by SpaceX on CRS-9 back in July. The IDA is for the upcoming spacecraft, SpaceX's Crew Dragon and Boeing's CST-100 Starliner. These spacecraft are launching Astronauts from US soil to the ISS under NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The installation first begins with extracting IDA-2 from SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft this afternoon. The Canadarm2 will bring the docking adapter over just a few inches away from the front of the Harmony Module. It will then sit there until Friday and wait for Williams and Rubins complete the installation during their 6.5-hour spacewalk.