{"id":825025,"date":"2026-08-25T06:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/825025\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T06:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:18:11","slug":"watch-2-astronauts-replace-failed-iss-antenna-during-spacewalk-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/825025\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch 2 astronauts replace failed ISS antenna during spacewalk today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"elk-cc12760a-9fbd-11f1-a118-41ebbe4b0f9d\">Two astronauts will do some repair work outside the International Space Station today (Aug. 25), and you can watch the action live.<\/p>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot of the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/22562-european-space-agency.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/22562-european-space-agency.html\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"space-exploration\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/22562-european-space-agency.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">European Space Agency<\/a> will conduct a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacewalk-history.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacewalk-history.html\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"space-exploration\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacewalk-history.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spacewalk<\/a> today (Aug. 25) to replace a space-to-ground-antenna. The extravehicular activity (EVA) is expected to start around 8:35 a.m. EDT (1235 GMT) and last 6.5 hours.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA, or <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I0j7as4MLHk\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I0j7as4MLHk\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"space-exploration\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">directly via the space agency<\/a>. Coverage will start at 7:00 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT).<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/intWgzLxHinP4DegP2w3hS.jpg\" alt=\"Two astronauts in white bulky spacesuits work outside a large space station set against the blackness of space.\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/intWgzLxHinP4DegP2w3hS.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/intWgzLxHinP4DegP2w3hS.jpg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (at right) and Anil Menon (facing away from camera) completed a 6.5-hour spacewalk to install solar array mounting hardware outside of the International Space Station on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (Image credit: NASA)<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-cc127704-9fbd-11f1-99e8-ebe94bbee438\">This will be the third spacewalk for Menon and the second for Adenot, the first French woman ever to conduct an EVA. Her history-making first excursion occurred <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/nasa-astronaut-and-1st-female-french-spacewalker-remove-failed-iss-antenna-but-run-out-of-time-for-replacement\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/nasa-astronaut-and-1st-female-french-spacewalker-remove-failed-iss-antenna-but-run-out-of-time-for-replacement\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"space-exploration\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/nasa-astronaut-and-1st-female-french-spacewalker-remove-failed-iss-antenna-but-run-out-of-time-for-replacement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on Aug. 18<\/a>, when she and Menon removed a failed space-to-ground antenna, a relay link that enables high-speed communications between the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/missions\/international-space-station\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/missions\/international-space-station\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"space-exploration\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/missions\/international-space-station\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">International Space Station<\/a> (ISS) and Mission Control at <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/17216-nasa-johnson-space-center.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/17216-nasa-johnson-space-center.html\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"space-exploration\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/17216-nasa-johnson-space-center.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johnson Space Center<\/a> in Houston.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-cc127704-9fbd-11f1-99e8-ebe94bbee438-1\">The duo ran out of time before they could install a replacement antenna, however. They&#8217;ll finish the job today, if all goes to plan.<\/p>\n<p>            You may like<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If time allows, Menon and Adenot also will attempt a get\u2011ahead task to replace a retroreflector on the forward port of the space station&#8217;s Harmony module, which will improve navigation data for visiting spacecraft,&#8221; NASA officials wrote in a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-cover-three-us-spacewalks-host-preview-news-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-cover-three-us-spacewalks-host-preview-news-conference\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"space-exploration\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">spacewalk preview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-cc1277ea-9fbd-11f1-90fb-23b2d1a1454f\">Adenot arrived at the ISS in February as part of SpaceX&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/who-are-the-astronauts-of-spacexs-crew-12-mission-to-the-iss\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/who-are-the-astronauts-of-spacexs-crew-12-mission-to-the-iss\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"space-exploration\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/who-are-the-astronauts-of-spacexs-crew-12-mission-to-the-iss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crew-12 mission<\/a>, which also includes NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir and cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/space\/media\/img\/spc-logo-w.svg\" alt=\"Space\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-auto h-7 block w-auto mx-auto mb-4 h-[30px]\" data-component-name=\"Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Menon came aboard <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/soyuz-ms-29-astronaut-launch-international-space-station-anil-menon\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/soyuz-ms-29-astronaut-launch-international-space-station-anil-menon\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"space-exploration\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/soyuz-ms-29-astronaut-launch-international-space-station-anil-menon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on July 14,<\/a> making the trip on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina. Menon performed his first-ever spacewalk <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/1-more-step-nasa-astronauts-conduct-6-5-hour-spacewalk-to-prep-iss-for-solar-array-upgrade\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/1-more-step-nasa-astronauts-conduct-6-5-hour-spacewalk-to-prep-iss-for-solar-array-upgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"space-exploration\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/1-more-step-nasa-astronauts-conduct-6-5-hour-spacewalk-to-prep-iss-for-solar-array-upgrade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on Aug. 6<\/a>, with Meir.<\/p>\n<p>Menon will be &#8220;crewmember 1&#8221; on today&#8217;s spacewalk, and Adenot will be &#8220;crewmember 2.&#8221; The EVA will be the 283rd in the history of the ISS, which has been continuously occupied by rotating astronaut crews since November 2000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two astronauts will do some repair work outside the International Space Station today (Aug. 25), and you can&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-825025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}