(ANSA) - MILAN, NOVEMBER 30 - Due to an unspecified risk of debris in orbit, NASA has decided to postpone the space walk scheduled for today, aimed at replacing a faulty antenna outside the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced by the American space agency on his Twitter profile.
"NASA has received a notification of space station debris. Due to the lack of opportunities to properly assess the risk it could pose to astronauts, the teams have decided to delay the November 30 space walk until more information is available." reads in the tweet.
The decision came a few hours after the start of the extra-vehicle activity that astronauts Thomas Marshburn and KaylaBarron should have started at 13:10 (Italian time) to replace a malfunctioning communications antenna with another spare already present on the spaceport truss. .
It is currently unclear whether the debris is related to the eastern anti-satellite missile carried out two weeks ago by Russia.
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