NASA Spacewalker Jessica Meir: Suit-up Practice | International Space Station

NASA Spacewalker Jessica Meir: Suit-up Practice | International Space Station

Experienced NASA astronaut Jessica Meir can be seen practicing tool-use in her spacesuit ahead of a scheduled spacewalk.

NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway, on his first spaceflight, assists experienced NASA spacewalker Jessica Meir with her spacesuit on her second.

A spacewalk by NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams is scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at the International Space Station. The team has reviewed the spacewalking tools and tasks necessary to install a modification kit and route cables on the port side of the orbital outpost. This external maintenance work will enable the next roll-out solar array to be installed on a future spacewalk after it is delivered on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

This is Jessica Meir's second spaceflight. After her arrival to the International Space Station, she joined Expedition 74/75, kicking off a long-duration science expedition aboard the orbiting laboratory. She was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2013. The Caribou, Maine, native earned a bachelor’s degree in biology Brown University, a master’s degree in space studies from the International Space University, and a doctorate in marine biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. 

On her first spaceflight, Meir spent 205 days as a flight engineer during Expedition 61/62, and she completed the first three all-woman spacewalks with fellow NASA astronaut Christina Koch, totaling 21 hours and 44 minutes outside of the station. Since then, she has served in various roles, including assistant to the chief astronaut for commercial crew (SpaceX), deputy for the Flight Integration Division, and assistant to the chief astronaut for the human landing system.

NASA Astronaut/Dr. Jessica Meir's Biography:
https://www.nasa.gov/people/jessica-u-meir/

Follow Expedition 74:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev

European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot

NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center
Release Date: March 16, 2026

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