A spacewalk was scheduled for Tuesday, November 30, 2021. The image is from NASA.
A planned spacewalk by two NASA astronauts outside of the International Space Station has been delayed due to a debris warning.
NASA said in a statement that the flight controllers decided to delay the spacewalk because of the lack of opportunity to assess the risk to the astronauts. The time is 1200 GMT.
The space agency stated on its website that the space station schedule and operations were able to accommodate the delay of the spacewalk.
The source of the threat was not disclosed by NASA.
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The space station crew had to take cover after the Russian anti-satellite weapon test, but it wasn't clear if that was related to the spacewalk delay.
"We don't have any times of close approach or any conjunctions we're worried about right now in terms of crew actions for you guys, but of course we'll keep you posted," Mission Control in Houston radioed the space station's crew.
"It's just real life, this is how things work out sometimes, and I'm really glad you fellows are looking out for our safety," said NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, according to CBS News.
On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron were going to perform a spacewalk to fix a faulty antenna system. The image is from NASA.
The space station had a faulty antenna system that was scheduled to be replaced by Tom Marshburn and a spare. The planned spacewalk would have restored use of one of the complex's S-band Antenna Subassemblies, which is used to send and receive signals to and from Earth via NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.
The antenna that was being replaced was unable to send signals to Earth.
The space station has additional low-rate S-band systems as well as a high-rate KU-band communications system that relays video. Normal station operations have not been affected by the degraded capabilities.
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