NASA To Proceed With Spacewalk Delayed By Soyuz Coolant Leak

Mark Carreau December 19, 2022

NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Josh Cassada holds a roll-out solar array as he rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm toward the Starboard-4 truss segment installation site during a Dec 3 spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA

HOUSTON—NASA intends to proceed early Dec. 21 with a previously delayed spacewalk outside the U.S. segment of the International Space Station (ISS) to continue an upgrade of the station’s solar power generation system. The 7-hr. excursion by NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Josh Cassada is scheduled...

Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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