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.

On Thursday, a pair of astronauts will venture outside the space station to prepare for the future installation of roll-out solar arrays that will help power its deorbit in 2030.

The first all-female spacewalk will not take place in March as previously planned, according to NASA. NC State graduate Christina Koch and fellow astronaut Anne McClain were supposed to do a spacewalk at the International Space Station on March 29.