Chris Williams Preps Suit for June 30 Canadarm2 Repair Spacewalk After May 27 Wrist Joint Fault
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Updated · NASA · Jun 10
Chris Williams Preps Suit for June 30 Canadarm2 Repair Spacewalk After May 27 Wrist Joint Fault
2 articles · Updated · NASA · Jun 10
Summary
June 30 is the target date for an ISS spacewalk to replace a faulty Canadarm2 wrist joint, with NASA astronaut Chris Williams adjusting a spacesuit in Quest ahead of the repair.
May 27 operations showed elevated motor current in the arm’s wrist joint and motion that did not occur as expected, leading NASA and the Canadian Space Agency to pause standard arm operations.
A spare joint is already aboard the station, and NASA said Canadarm2 remains in a safe configuration while it prepares a news conference and names the spacewalkers closer to the activity.
Elsewhere on Expedition 74, the crew installed a CubeSat deployer in Kibo, set up a glovebox freezer for biology work, and ran biomedical monitoring aimed at future Moon and Mars missions.
The station also raised its orbit by 1.9 miles after Progress 95 fired thrusters for more than 8 minutes, preparing for the Soyuz MS-29 launch and docking planned for mid-July.