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ISS leak and crew safety crisis 2026
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FIRST ENTRY JUN 09
AUG 06 · Day 59
NASA astronauts conduct 6.5-hour ISS spacewalk for solar array upgrade
The spacewalk began at 8:33 a.m. EDT and concluded at 3:00 p.m. EDT, lasting 6 hours and 27 minutes.
This was the first career spacewalk for Anil Menon and the sixth for Jessica Meir.
Two more U.S. spacewalks are scheduled for August 2026: EVA 97 on August 13 and EVA 98 on August 25.
“On this day in 2012, NASA's robotic rover Curiosity successfully landed on the surface of Mars with the goal of understanding if the planet could have fostered life. Curiosity achieved that goal within a year,”
JESSICA MEIR
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