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Spacewalk Preview News Conference

Mar 16

Streaming live at 14:00 EDT | 08:00 HST | UTC-4 on NASA YouTube channel, news conference participants include: Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, and spacewalk flight directors Diana Trujillo and Ronak Dave, ahead of NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams spacewalking on March 18 to install a pair of roll-out solar arrays.

A 2nd spacewalk is planned for Wednesday, April 1, with crew members announced after the 1st spacewalk is complete.

These spacewalks will be the 278th and 279th in support of space station assembly, maintenance and upgrades.

Learn more about the International Space Station: https://nasa.gov/station
Read the latest mission updates from the station: https://nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/