MEDIA ADVISORY M19-102
NASA Television to Air 10 Upcoming Spacewalks, Preview Briefing
NASA astronaut Christina Koch participates
in her first spacewalk on March 29, 2019. International Space Station
astronauts are gearing up to perform 10 spacewalks in coming weeks to
upgrade solar array batteries and make repairs to the Alpha Magnetic
Spectrometer.
Credits: NASA
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station plan to conduct what may become a record pace of 10 complex spacewalks during the next three months, a cadence that has not been experienced since assembly of the space station was completed in 2011.
Experts will discuss those plans in a briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 1, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Live coverage of the briefing and all spacewalks will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website.
The station crew will replace some of the orbiting laboratory’s solar array batteries during the first half of the spacewalks and then refurbish a renowned scientific instrument that explores the fundamental nature of the universe during the final five excursions.
Media wishing to participate in the briefing in person must request credentials from the Johnson newsroom no later than 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30. Media interested in participating by phone must contact the newsroom by 1:45 p.m. Oct. 1.
Participants in the briefing are:
- Kirk Shireman, program manager, International Space Station
- T.J. Creamer, spacewalk flight director
- Keith Johnson, lead spacewalk officer
- Megan McArthur, astronaut office deputy chief
The second half of this sequence of spacewalks will focus on repairs to the space station’s Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. Dates for those spacewalks still are being discussed, but they are expected to begin in November.
For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:
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