Josh Dinner is Space.com's Content Manager. He is a writer and photographer with a passion for science and space exploration, and has been working the space beat since 2016.
Expedition 71 crew members Tracy Dyson and Matt Dominick will not be performing an extravehicular activity that had been scheduled to begin Thursday morning. The pair had already begun adorning their spacesuits when NASA announced the EVA's postponement, according to a space agency
The call came at about 6:25 a.m. CDT , approximately one hour before Dyson and Dominick were supposed to be egressing the ISS from the Quest airlock.NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson checks the spacesuits of NASA crewmates Michael Barratt and Matthew Dominick during spacewalk preparations on the International Space Station on June 5, 2024.NASA had already begun the livestream of today's EVA procedures when the announcement was made.
One of the crew members assisting Dyson and Dominick was NASA astronaut Suni Williams, seen in NASA's livestream. Williams recently arrived at the space station aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft as a part of the capsule's Crew Flight Test . Suni and her CFT crewmate NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore docked with the station a day after theirwas pushed to June 18, citing preparations for today's EVA as part of the reason.
Josh Dinner is Space.com's Content Manager. He is a writer and photographer with a passion for science and space exploration, and has been working the space beat since 2016. Josh has covered the evolution of NASA's commercial spaceflight partnerships, from early Dragon and Cygnus cargo missions to the ongoing development and launches of crewed missions from the Space Coast, as well as NASA science missions and more.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
'No emergency situation' on International Space Station, NASA says after astronaut medical drill audio causes stirTariq is the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com and joined the team in 2001, first as an intern and staff writer, and later as an editor. He covers human spaceflight, exploration and space science, as well as skywatching and entertainment. He became Space.com's Managing Editor in 2009 and Editor-in-Chief in 2019. Before joining Space.
Read more »
NASA, Boeing discover new leaks, failing thrusters on Starliner during ISS dockingNASA and Boeing found new problems on Starliner during docking at the International Space Station.
Read more »
Investing in Space: The China factor in the U.S. space station race to replace the ISSThe U.S. is in the throes of sorting out what to do when the ISS comes back to Earth.
Read more »
Watch Live: NASA Coverage of U.S. Spacewalk 90 Outside Space StationScience, Space and Technology News 2024
Read more »
NASA Astronauts Checking Exterior of Space Station for Living OrganismsScience and Technology News and Videos
Read more »
NASA's Laser Relay System Sends Pet Imagery to, from Space StationUsing NASA’s first two-way, end-to-end laser relay system, pictures and videos of cherished pets flew through space over laser communications links at a rate
Read more »