“NASA is postponing the Thursday, Jan. 8, spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The agency is monitoring a medical concern with a crew member that arose Wednesday afternoon aboard the orbital complex. Due to medical privacy, it is not appropriate for NASA to share more details about the crew member. The situation is stable. NASA will share additional details, including a new date for the upcoming spacewalk, later.”
–Statement on NASA’s website regarding a spacewalk that was to take place tomorrow outside the International Space Station (ISS). The planned spacewalk, which was to fix a solar array and last for six and a half hours, involved astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman. It would have been Cardman’s first and Fincke’s tenth spacewalk.
Update: The four astronauts that are part of Crew-11 on the ISS will be returning to Earth earlier than planned because of health issues. According to NBC News, the matter relates to a single astronaut with a medical condition who is currently in stable condition.
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