NASA had to postpone a scheduled spacewalk to install new solar arrays outside the International Space Station after one of its astronauts complained of a pinched nerve in his neck.
“Thank you for everyone’s concern,” said Mark Vande Hei, Expedition 65 flight engineer. he tweeted yesterday. “I have a pinched nerve in my neck that made us reschedule the current spacewalk. The support of family, friends and NASA leadership has been fantastic. I am looking forward to installing this kit IROSA Mod. Today was not the right day. “
Once installed, iROSA or launch of the International Space Station Solar Array will increase the ISS ‘electricity grid and provide more electricity for the “numerous scientific and scientific research carried out every day, as well as the ongoing operations of the orbiting platform.” seconds at NASA.
Vande Hei, along with JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, were scheduled to take the 6.5-hour spacewalk on August 24th. a medical emergency,“per an agency Press release.
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“A pinched nerve is a compressed nerve,” seconds to the Cleveland Clinic. “Surrounding tissues that press on nerve roots can cause pain, numbness and tingling in different areas of the body.” Pinched nerves, in this case the cervical nerves, can be painful, but they tend to disappear with rest. and can be treated with medication and physiotherapy.
A Russian Soyuz MS-18 crew capsule delivered Vande Hei to the orbital advance on April 9, 2021 and is expected to remain on the ISS for an entire year. The NASA astronaut was initially planned for it was a six-month mission, but Russian plans to shoot a film aboard the station meant it he lost his journey home. He shooting of this film, called Vyzov (Challenge (in English), is already proving to be another type of neck pain.
NASA says the iROSA installation is not time sensitive and that it is now evaluating the next best opportunity for the spacewalk. It will not happen soon on account of Upcoming events, specifically, the arrival of the SpaceX CRS-23 cargo mission, which is scheduled to launch on August 28, and two unrelated Russian spacewalks scheduled for September 3 and 9. which caused all this problems a few weeks ago.
So, as soon as possible, NASA will do its spacewalk in mid-September. Vande Hey hopefully better by then.