NASA Sets Coverage of Spacewalks, News Conference for Station Upgrades

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2023 ~ On Friday, October 6th, NASA will be hosting a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT from the Johnson Space Center in Houston to preview two upcoming spacewalks outside the International Space Station. The spacewalks will be conducted by NASA astronauts Loral O'Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli, both of whom will be making their first spacewalk.

The first spacewalk is scheduled for Thursday, October 12th and will feature O'Hara and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen. During this spacewalk, they will collect samples for analysis to see whether microorganisms may exist on the exterior of the orbital complex, replace a high-definition camera on the port truss of the station and conduct other maintenance work to prepare for future spacewalks. O'Hara will serve as extravehicular activity (EVA) crew member 1 and will wear a suit with red stripes while Mogensen serves as extravehicular crew member 2 and wears an unmarked suit.

The second spacewalk is scheduled for Friday, October 20th and will feature O'Hara and Moghbeli completing the removal of a faulty electronics box from a communications antenna on the starboard truss of the station and replacing one of twelve Trundle Bearing Assemblies on the port truss Solar Alpha Rotary Joint. During this spacewalk, Moghbeli will serve as EVA crew member 1 while O'Hara serves as EVA crew member 2. This will be Moghbeli's first spacewalk while it is O'Hara's second.

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The news conference participants include Dana Weigel, deputy manager of International Space Station Program at NASA Johnson; Elias Myrmo, Spacewalk Flight Director at NASA Johnson; Faruq Sabur, U.S. Spacewalk 89 Officer at NASA Johnson; Sandra Fletcher, U.S. Spacewalk 90 Officer at NASA Johnson; media interested in participating in person or by phone must contact the Johnson newsroom no later than 10 a.m., Friday, Oct 6th by calling 281-483-5111 or emailing . To ask questions by phone reporters must dial into the news conference no later than 15 minutes prior to its start time while questions may also be submitted on social media using #AskNASA hashtag.

Live coverage of both news conference and spacewalks can be viewed on NASA Television, the NASA app or agency's website while breaking news images and features from space station can be found on its blog, Instagram page, Facebook page or X page respectively. For more information about International Space Station research and operations visit https://www.nasa/gov/station

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