{"id":2204,"date":"2026-01-05T13:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-to-preview-us-spacewalks-at-international-space-station-in-january\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T13:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:25:19","slug":"nasa-to-preview-us-spacewalks-at-international-space-station-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-to-preview-us-spacewalks-at-international-space-station-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA to Preview US Spacewalks at International Space Station in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1767594964053_639031917734123731.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"398\" alt=\"NASA to Preview US Spacewalks at International Space Station in January\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1767594964053_639031917734123731.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1767594964053_639031917734123731.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"398\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>NASA&nbsp;<\/strong>astronauts will conduct a pair of spacewalks in January outside the <strong>International Space Station<\/strong> to prepare for the installation of a roll-out solar array and complete other tasks. Experts from NASA will preview the spacewalks in a briefing at 2 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 6, at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston.<\/p>\n<p>Participants include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bill Spetch<\/strong>, operations integration manager, International Space Station Program<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diana Trujillo<\/strong>, spacewalk flight director, Flight Operations Directorate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heidi Brewer<\/strong>, spacewalk flight director, Flight Operations Directorate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: What are Solar Array Drive Mechanisms?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Thursday, Jan. 8, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman will exit the station\u2019s Quest airlock to prepare the 2A power channel for future installation of International Space Station&nbsp;Roll-Out Solar Arrays. Once installed, the array will provide additional power for the orbital laboratory, including critical support of its safe and controlled deorbit. This spacewalk will be Cardman\u2019s first and Fincke\u2019s 10th, tying him for the most spacewalks by a NASA astronaut.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Jan. 15, two NASA astronauts will replace a high-definition <strong>camera<\/strong> on camera port 3, install a new navigational aid for visiting spacecraft, called a planar <strong>reflector<\/strong>, on the Harmony module\u2019s forward port, and relocate an early ammonia servicer jumper \u2014 a flexible hose assembly that connects parts of a fluid system \u2014 along with other jumpers on the station\u2019s S6 and S4 truss.<\/p>\n<p>NASA will announce the astronauts planned for the second spacewalk and start times for both events closer to the operations.&nbsp;The spacewalks will be the 278th and 279th in support of space station assembly, maintenance and upgrades. They are also the first two International Space Station spacewalks of 2026, and the first by Expedition 74.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA&nbsp;astronauts will conduct a pair of spacewalks in January outside the International Space Station to prepare for the installation of a roll-out solar array and complete other tasks. Experts from NASA will preview the spacewalks in a briefing at 2 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 6, at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Participants include: Bill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,40,105],"class_list":["post-2204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-satellite-cameras","tag-solar-array-drive-mechanisms"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}