NASA technical briefing: on-orbit repairs to Canadarm2

Longueuil, Quebec, June 22, 2026 — On June 25 at 2:00 pm ET, NASA will hold a technical briefing about an upcoming spacewalk to replace a wrist joint on Canadarm2. The spacewalk is scheduled for Tuesday, June 30, at 8:35 am ET.

Experts from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and NASA will give a preview of the spacewalk from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Media interested in joining by phone must contact the Johnson Space Center newsroom at jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov no later than Wednesday, June 24, at 5:00 pm. To ask a question, media must dial in no later than 15 minutes before the start of the briefing. United States-based media who want to attend in person must contact the Johnson newsroom by the same deadline.

Media who have questions or would like to speak with a CSA expert should contact the CSA’s Media Relations Office.

• Date: June 25, 2026
• Time: 2:00 pm ET
• Who: 
  • Jason Dyer, CSA deputy liaison manager, Houston
  • Bill Spetch, operations and integration manager, International Space Station Program (NASA)
  • Fiona Antkowiak, spacewalk flight director (NASA)

The briefing will be livestreamed on NASA's platforms. For more information, please consult NASA’s media advisory.