NASA schedules two January 2026 ISS spacewalks to prepare roll‑out solar array installation

NASA will carry out two spacewalks from the International Space Station in January 2026 to prepare for the installation of a roll‑out solar array and complete additional external maintenance tasks. Agency experts will preview the planned EVAs in a public briefing ahead of the operations.

Discovered 2026-01-02T09:13:13.945482-08:00 | 2026-01-02T09:13:13.945482-08:00

Briefing

What Hype is tracking

  • The EVAs are a near‑term operational effort to upgrade station power hardware and complete external maintenance while the ISS moves through its final five planned years of operations, providing context for station lifecycle and transition planning (see the ISS entering its final five planned years).
  • The spacewalks highlight ongoing reliance on aging EVA infrastructure and the need to validate replacement/extravehicular systems, linking to recent coverage of aging ISS EVA gear and parallel testing of next‑generation spacesuits on station (see Artemis lunar suits testing and ESA spacesuit on‑station validation).

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