NASA to Provide Media with International Space Station Update Today – NASA

NASA will host a live news conference at 5 p.m. EST on Thursday from the agency’s headquarters in Washington to discuss the International Space Station and its crew.

On Jan. 7, the agency announced it was postponing a planned spacewalk originally scheduled for Jan. 8 while teams monitored a medical concern with a crew member currently living and working aboard the orbital laboratory.

The matter involved a single crew member, who is stable. Due to medical privacy, it is not appropriate for NASA to share more details about the crew member.

Participants in the news conference include:

-NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman

-Amit Kshatriya, associate administrator

-Dr. James Polk, chief health and medical officer, NASA Headquarters