NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers is pictured during a spacewalk to upgrade the orbital outpost's power generation system and relocate a communications antenna.
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NASA astronauts will conduct a pair of spacewalks in January outside of the International Space Station to prepare for the installation of a roll-out solar array and complete other tasks. Experts from NASA will preview the spacewalks in a briefing at 2 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 6, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Participants include:
- Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, International Space Station Program
- Diana Trujillo, spacewalk flight director, Flight Operations Directorate
- Heidi Brewer, spacewalk flight director, Flight Operations Directorate
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