{"id":55479,"date":"2018-02-14T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-418561"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:04:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:04:43","slug":"nasa-tv-to-air-us-spacewalk-at-the-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-tv-to-air-us-spacewalk-at-the-international-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA TV to Air US Spacewalk at the International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei takes a \u201cspace selfie\u201d during a spacewalk that took place on Jan. 23, 2018. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Friday, Feb. 16, to move components for the station\u2019s robotic system into long-term storage. Live coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 5:30 a.m. EST on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expedition 54 Flight Engineers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/mark-t-vande-hei\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Vande Hei<\/a> of NASA and <a href=\"http:\/\/iss.jaxa.jp\/en\/astro\/biographies\/kanai\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Norishige Kanai<\/a> of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are scheduled to begin the planned six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk at 7:10 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two spacewalkers will move a Latching End Effector (LEE), or hand, for the Canadian-built robotic arm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/structure\/elements\/mss.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadarm2<\/a>, from a payload attachment on the station\u2019s Mobile Base System rail car to the Quest airlock. This LEE was replaced during an Expedition 53 spacewalk in October 2017, and will be returned to Earth to be refurbished and relaunched to the orbiting laboratory as a spare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also will move an aging, but functional, LEE that was detached from the arm during a Jan. 23 spacewalk and move it from its temporary storage outside the airlock to a long-term storage location. That LEE will be available as a spare part on the Mobile Base System, which is used to move the arm and astronauts along the station\u2019s truss structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spacewalk originally was scheduled for Jan. 29, but was postponed when a new LEE, installed during the Jan. 23 spacewalk, encountered startup issues. Those issues were resolved Jan. 27 through software updates written by Canadian Space Agency  robotics specialists. The spacewalk was rescheduled again to accommodate the Feb. 15 docking of the Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-updates-russian-space-station-cargo-ship-launch-docking-coverage\" rel=\"noopener\">Progress 69<\/a> cargo spacecraft that launched Feb. 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spacewalk will be the 208th in support of space station assembly and maintenance and the third this year. The spacewalk will be the fourth in Vande Hei\u2019s career and the first for Kanai, who will become the fourth Japanese astronaut to walk in space. Vande Hei will wear the suit bearing the red stripes and Kanai\u2019s suit will have no stripes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the International Space Station, its research and crews, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Schierholz<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1100<br>\nstephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov<br>\nGary Jordan<br>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br>\n281-483-5111<br>\ngary.j.jordan@nasa.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Friday, Feb. 16, to move components for the station\u2019s robotic system into long-term storage. Live coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 5:30 a.m. EST on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s website. Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei of NASA and Norishige Kanai of [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":58323,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"M18-030","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"MEDIA ADVISORY","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[8360,2656,2735,2861,2867],"news-tags":[12345],"internal-terms":[9514,9508],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"NASA TV to Air US Spacewalk at the International Space Station","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-tv-to-air-us-spacewalk-at-the-international-space-station\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-tv-to-air-us-spacewalk-at-the-international-space-station\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg"},"articleSection":"Missions","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NASA"}],"creator":["NASA"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["NASA Centers & Facilities","NASA Headquarters","Expedition 54","Humans in Space","International Space Station (ISS)","Johnson Space Center"],"dateCreated":"2018-02-14T19:11:00Z","datePublished":"2018-02-14T19:11:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-26T19:04:43Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"NASA TV to Air US Spacewalk at the International Space Station\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-tv-to-air-us-spacewalk-at-the-international-space-station\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2018-02-14T19:11:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Missions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,NASA Headquarters,Expedition 54,Humans in Space,International Space Station (ISS),Johnson Space Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"NASA\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":2,"featured_image":{"id":58323,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k.jpg","title":"28132252559_20e0f58bd6_k","alt":"","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/55479"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/55479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370083,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/55479\/revisions\/370083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55479"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=55479"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=55479"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=55479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}