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NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams are taking a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, to replace station hardware and repair the station’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition ExploreR) X-ray telescope. The spacewalk is expected to begin at approximately 8 a.m. EST (1300 UTC) and last for around six and a half hours.
Hague (wearing the suit with red stripes) and Williams (wearing the unmarked suit) arrived at the ISS last year and are both crew members of Expedition 72, which began on Sept. 23, 2024. This is Hague’s fourth spacewalk and the eighth for Williams.
Follow our space station blog for updates: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/
Learn more about the Expedition 72 crew: https://www.nasa.gov/mission/expedition-72/
Get the details on repairs to NICER: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/nicer/astronauts-to-patch-up-nasas-nicer-telescope/
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