The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) utilized the social media platform X on Wednesday to release images of astronauts Sunita Williams and Nick Hague, fully equipped for their forthcoming spacewalk.
These images were captured inside the International Space Station last week, during which Williams and Hague performed “fit checks” while wearing their spacesuits.
“NASA astronauts @AstroHague and @Astro_Suni suited up inside @Space_Station last week for fit checks ahead of their 6.5-hour spacewalk this Thursday,” stated NASA.
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Nick Hague are scheduled to undertake two spacewalks: US spacewalk 91 on Thursday, January 16, and US spacewalk 92 on Thursday, January 23. Their tasks will include maintenance work on NASA’s NICER X-ray telescope and enhancements to the Canadarm2 robotic arm.
The first spacewalk by Astronauts Sunita Williams and Nick Hague is set to commence at 8 am (6:30 pm IST) on January 16, with an expected duration of approximately six and a half hours. NASA will offer live coverage starting at 6:30 am on NASA+. The second spacewalk is planned to begin at 8:15 am (6:45 pm IST) on January 23, also lasting around six and a half hours, with live coverage commencing at 6:45 am on NASA+.
When is Astronauts Sunita Williams & Nick scheduled to return to Earth?
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Nick Hague will return to Earth as part of NASA’s four-member SpaceX Crew 9, which cannot return until Crew 10, its successor, is launched into space.
The launch of Crew 10 has recently been postponed by NASA. Initially scheduled for February 2025, it is now anticipated to take place in late March 2025.
Due to the delay, it is anticipated that the two Starliner astronauts, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who are currently in space, will not return until late March or possibly April.
The four members of Crew 9—Nick Hague, Aleksandr Grubonov, Sunita Williams, and Butch Wilmore—will now return after a brief transition period with Crew-10. Crew 9 was launched into space on September 29.
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