Two astronauts on the International Space Station will conduct a spacewalk Friday, Jan. 20, to install hardware for future power system upgrades. Experts will preview the work during a Tuesday, Jan. 17, news conference at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
NASA will preview the spacewalk and provide live coverage of the power system upgrades on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.
The news conference will take place at 2 p.m. EST (1 p.m. CST) Jan. 17, with the following participants:
- Dina Contella, operations integration manager, International Space Station Program
- Chloe Mehring, spacewalk flight director
- Keith Johnson, lead spacewalk officer
U.S. media wishing to participate in-person must request news conference credentials from the Johnson newsroom no later than 5 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 16, at 281-483-5111 or jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov. Media interested in participating by phone must contact the Johnson newsroom no later than one hour before the start of the briefing.
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On Jan. 20, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata will exit the station’s Quest airlock to complete the installation of two mounting platforms as part of planned solar array augmentation on the starboard side of the International Space Station’s truss.
The duo will complete the installation of a mounting platform on the 1B power channel that was started during a previous spacewalk and begin installing a mounting platform on the 1A power channel.
SOURCE: PR Newswire