{"id":345145,"date":"2026-01-09T05:26:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=07aa44d49aaef92bf66be256b539e7be"},"modified":"2026-01-09T05:26:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:26:06","slug":"nasa-to-provide-media-with-international-space-station-update-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=345145","title":{"rendered":"NASA to Provide Media with International Space Station Update Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nasa_meatball_large.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nasa_meatball_large.jpg?w=1920\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA insignia.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nasa_meatball_large.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nasa_meatball_large.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nasa_meatball_large.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nasa_meatball_large.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nasa_meatball_large.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nasa_meatball_large.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nasa_meatball_large.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nasa_meatball_large.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nasa_meatball_large.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Credit: NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASA will host a live news conference at 5 p.m. EST on Thursday from the agency\u2019s headquarters in Washington to discuss the International Space Station and its crew.<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 7, the agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/spacestation\/2026\/01\/07\/nasa-postpones-jan-8-spacewalk\/\">announced<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>The matter involved a single crew member, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/spacestation\/2026\/01\/08\/international-space-station-update-2\/\">stable<\/a>. Due to medical privacy, it is not appropriate for NASA to share more details about the crew member.<\/p>\n<p>Participants in the news conference include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman<\/li>\n<li>Amit Kshatriya, associate administrator<\/li>\n<li>Dr. James Polk, chief health and medical officer, NASA Headquarters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NASA will provide live coverage of the news conference on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/scheduled-video\/international-space-station-update-thursday-jan-8-2026\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA+<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/livetv\/ref=atv_hm_liv_LRad2e3b_slct?serviceToken=v0_Cl0KJDgwZjY2Yjk2LTg4YjYtNDI4Yy1iODJmLWEwNjA2MmQzZGMwORC49pn2uDMaLExpNitvL2dzaDBoR0NjVGdhVGdLTHptYkF6dHpuZ29zb2VJMDZ6YWhmZEk9IAESBmZpbHRlchgBIgRob21lKgRsaXZlWj8KDGxpbmVhckZpbHRlchIvCi1hbXpuMS1wdi1saW5lYXItbGl2ZV90YWItZmlsdGVyLWxlYXJuX2V4cGxvcmV6AIIBBjAAUABwAA%3D%3D\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Prime<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/ffcV3jCwwPk\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>. Learn how to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ways-to-watch\/\">stream NASA content&nbsp;<\/a>through a variety of online platforms, including social media.<\/p>\n<p>To participate in the news conference virtually or in-person, media must RSVP for details no later than one hour before the start of the event to the NASA Newsroom at: <a href=\"mailto:hq-media@mail.nasa.gov\">hq-media@mail.nasa.gov<\/a>. NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/nasa-agencywide-media-accreditation-policy\/\">media credentialing policy<\/a> is online.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the International Space Station, visit:<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n<p>Bethany Stevens \/ Cheryl Warner<br \/>Headquarters, Washington<br \/>202-358-1600<br \/><a href=\"mailto:bethany.c.stevens@nasa.gov\">bethany.c.stevens@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov\">cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen 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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 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15703,15651,15763,15930],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-345145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humans-in-space","category-international-space-station-iss","category-nasa-headquarters","category-space-operations-mission-directorate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=345145"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345914,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345145\/revisions\/345914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=345145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=345145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=345145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}