Hardware, Spacesuit Difficulties Stall Ambitious ISS Spacewalk

ISS spacewalk
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency on June 16 were prevented from equipping the International Space Station (ISS) with the first of six planned Roll Out Solar Arrays (ROSA), due to a spacesuit issue and hardware misalignment. The duo were scheduled...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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