Kelly and Lindgren are expected to install a thermal cover on a particle physics detector attached to the station since 2011, known as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
They are scheduled to perform a second spacewalk on November 6.
In addition to Kelly, Lindgren and Yui, the ISS is crewed by Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Korniyenko, Oleg Kononeko and Sergey Volkov as part of Expedition 45.
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