NASA has spent the last few weeks getting ready for two spacewalks at the International Space Station (ISS), its first in eight months. But just hours before NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman were due to begin the first of the two walks on Thursday,

NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman are due to conduct the first spacewalk of 2026 outside the International Space Station. How to watch.

Expedition 74 was ready for NASA’s first EVA on January 8th. Astronomers Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke were supposed to do routine microbial swabs and hardware QA photography alongside setting up the ISS for a new set of solar arrays. Ahead of the six-and-a-half-hour scheduled spacewalk, the event was canceled rather than postponed.

NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman to conduct Expedition 74's first 2026 spacewalk, installing hardware and searching for microorganisms on ISS.

This week holds another exciting event at the International Space Station (ISS) as two NASA astronauts will head out on a six-and-a-half-hour long spacewalk this Thursday, January 30. This is the second U.S. spacewalk this year, and preparations are ...