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iss068e031347 (Dec. 21, 2022) --- Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata (center) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) poses with NASA spacewalkers Josh Cassada (left) and Frank Rubio (right) who were suited up and ready to begin a spacewalk to install a roll-out solar array on the International Space Station's Port-4 truss segment. The spacewalk was ultimately postponed for 24 hours so that the orbiting lab’s ISS Progress 81 cargo craft could fire its engines to maneuver the station and avoid an approaching piece of rocket debris.

Expedition 68 flight engineers prepare for a spacewalk

iss068e031347 (Dec. 21, 2022) --- Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata (center) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) poses with NASA spacewalkers Josh Cassada (left) and Frank Rubio (right) who were suited up and ready to begin a spacewalk to install a roll-out solar array on the International Space Station's Port-4 truss segment. The spacewalk was ultimately postponed for 24 hours so that the orbiting lab’s ISS Progress 81 cargo craft could fire its engines to maneuver the station and avoid an approaching piece of rocket debris.

Image Credit: NASA
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