Two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are about to climb into their spacesuits and enter the vacuum of space, and you can watch the event live.
The first NASA spacewalk in nearly a year will begin at about 8 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 18. Read on for full details on how to watch.
Americans Jessica Meir and Chris Williams will exit the station’s Quest airlock to carry out work as part of preparations for a future roll-out solar array aimed at upgrading the station’s power supply.
It will be Meir’s fourth spacewalk and Williams’ first. The pair have spent the last few days prepping their spacesuits and equipment and also finalizing the configuration of tools they’ll use during the extravehicular activity.
Wednesday’s spacewalk also happens to be on the 61st anniversary of the first-ever spacewalk in 1965 when Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov left his spacecraft for
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