NASA Plans Retry Of ISS Spacewalk Antenna Install On Aug. 25

From left, Expedition 75 flight engineers Anil Menon of NASA (partially obscured and wearing the spacesuit with a red stripe on the legs) and Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) work together during a six‑hour and 23‑minute spacewalk on Aug. 18, 2026.

Expedition 75 flight engineers Anil Menon of NASA (left) and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency work during their Aug. 18 spacewalk.

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Two spacewalking astronauts will revive their attempt to install a replacement high-data-rate Ku band communications antenna outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Aug. 25. During a nearly 6 1/2-hr. spacewalk on Aug. 18, NASA’s Anil Menon and the European Space Agency’s Sophie...
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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