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ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon conducted a spacewalk on Aug. 18, 2026, to remove a faulty antenna from the International Space Station. The repair underscores the continuing role of extravehicular activity in maintaining critical ISS systems.
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ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon conducted a spacewalk on Aug. 18, 2026, to remove a faulty antenna from the International Space Station. The repair underscores the continuing role of extravehicular activity in maintaining critical ISS systems.
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and French astronaut Sophie Adenot will conduct a spacewalk Aug. 25 to replace a failed space-to-ground antenna on the International Space Station. NASA will provide live coverage of the extravehicular activity, which is intended to restore the station’s communications capability.
Eight early-stage companies have joined a national accelerator pairing International Space Station access with private investment, while NASA highlights next-generation commercial cargo landers intended to support a sustained human presence on the Moon. Together, the efforts connect near-term microgravity commercialization with longer-term lunar infrastructure development.
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and French astronaut Sophie Adenot removed a failed antenna during an Aug. 18 spacewalk at the International Space Station, but ran out of time before installing its replacement. The antenna repair will therefore require a subsequent spacewalk or other planned intervention.
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Jessica Meir and Anil Menon spent 6.5 hours outside the International Space Station on Aug. 6 installing mounting hardware for new rollout solar arrays. The upgrade is intended to provide additional power for the station, according to NASA.
NASA and Roscosmos will continue exchanging astronaut seats between Russian Soyuz and U.S. Crew Dragon spacecraft. The agreement does not yet include Boeing’s Starliner, leaving the crew-transport arrangement limited to the two currently participating vehicles.
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ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has completed a third evaluation of the EuroSuit intravehicular activity spacesuit prototype aboard the International Space Station. The repeated on-orbit testing advances Europe’s assessment of a domestically developed suit for crew operations and helps validate its design in the space-station environment.
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SpaceX is positioning its Starfall capsule to address microgravity access and point-to-point cargo delivery while the company considers life after Falcon 9. Separately, Boeing says redesign work on CST-100 Starliner is progressing ahead of a potential 2026 cargo mission to the International Space Station.
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