Posted: Sun, Mar 22, 2026, 10:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)
Two NASA astronauts performed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Wednesday. Jessica Meir and Chris Williams completed the seven-hour spacewalk at 3:54 pm EDT (1954 GMT) after carrying out their primary tasks. That work involved the installation of a mount for a new solar panel that will be added to the station on a future spacewalk. Some additional tasks were deferred to a future spacewalk because of the limited time available. The spacewalk was the first from the US segment of the station since last May, and took place on the 61st anniversary of the first spacewalk by Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.

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