Editor’s be aware: This media advisory was up to date July 27, 2026 to replicate an up to date begin time for the spacewalk on Thursday, Aug. 6.
NASA will present protection as astronauts enterprise outdoors the International Space Station throughout three spacewalks in August to proceed upgrading photo voltaic arrays, change a communications antenna, and join energy and information cables in assist of house station operations.
Experts will preview the upcoming spacewalks throughout a information convention at 2 p.m. EDT, Thursday, July 30, from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
NASA will stream these occasions by means of a wide range of platforms. Learn the place to watch on-line:
NASA individuals within the information convention embody:
- Bill Spetch, deputy supervisor of Commercial, Low Earth Orbit Program
- Chris Dobbins, spacewalk flight director
- Chloe Mehring, spacewalk flight director
United States-based media taken with attending in individual should contact the Johnson newsroom no later than 3 p.m., Wednesday, July 29, at jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov. Media becoming a member of by telephone ought to request dial-in particulars by the identical deadline. To ask a query, media should dial in no later than quarter-hour earlier than the beginning of the information convention.
Thursday, Aug. 6
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon will exit the Quest airlock to set up {hardware} that can modify the station’s 3B energy channel and put together it for the long run set up of an International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA). The photo voltaic array, scheduled for supply later this 12 months, would be the seventh IROSA and can present extra energy to assist essential station operations, together with its secure and managed deorbit.
Watch NASA’s dwell protection of U.S. spacewalk 96 starting at 7 a.m. The spacewalk is anticipated to begin at 8:35 a.m. and final about six and a half hours.
This spacewalk would be the sixth for Meir and the primary for Menon. Meir will function spacewalk crew member 1 and can put on a go well with with pink stripes. Menon will function crew member 2 and can put on an unmarked go well with.
Thursday, Aug. 13
During U.S. spacewalk 97, two astronauts will change a Space-to-Ground antenna on the orbital advanced. The antenna is a essential communication system NASA makes use of to transmit information and excessive‑pace communication between the Mission Control Center in Houston and the house station.
Tuesday, Aug. 25
The U.S. spacewalk 98 crew members will join energy channel cables and information relay techniques as a part of ongoing upkeep, together with preparations for the house station’s future deorbit. The astronauts additionally will change a navigational assist used for spacecraft docking on the Harmony module’s ahead port.
NASA will share extra particulars about U.S. spacewalks 97 and 98, together with timing, assigned crew members, and protection info, nearer to every operation.
The spacewalks would be the 281st, 282nd, and 283rd carried out in assist of house station meeting, upkeep, and upgrades.
To be taught extra about International Space Station analysis, operations, and its crews, go to:
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Joshua Finch / Jimi Russell
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov / james.j.russell@nasa.gov
Sandra Jones / Anna Schneider
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov / anna.c.schneider@nasa.gov
