NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station will conduct three spacewalks targeted for June. NASA will discuss the upcoming spacewalks during a news conference with the following participants: Dina Contella, deputy program manager, International Space Station; Nicole McElroy, flight director, spacewalk 91; Sandy Fletcher, spacewalk officer, spacewalk 90; Faruq Sabur, spacewalk officer, spacewalk 91 and 92.
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added …