LIVE: NASA Astronauts Repair Canadarm2 Robotic Arm Outside the ISS | June 30, 2026

Watch live coverage as NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, to repair the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. NASA coverage begins at 7:00 a.m. EDT / 4:00 a.m. PDT, with the spacewalk scheduled to begin at approximately 8:35 a.m. EDT / 5:35 a.m. PDT. The EVA is expected to last about six hours and 40 minutes. During the spacewalk, Williams and Meir will replace a malfunctioning wrist joint on Canadarm2, the Canadian-built robotic arm that has been part of the ISS since April 26, 2001. Canadarm2 plays a critical role in station maintenance, visiting spacecraft operations, and moving astronauts and equipment around the exterior of the orbiting laboratory. This will be the astronauts’ second spacewalk together. NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot will assist from inside the station, helping with spacesuit operations and carefully positioning Canadarm2 for repair access. Spacewalks, also known as EVAs — extravehicular activities — are among the most complex operations performed in orbit. Astronauts work outside the space station while traveling around Earth at roughly 28,000 km/h, repairing and upgrading one of humanity’s most important orbiting laboratories. AfarTV is not affiliated with or does not represent NASA. NASA initials used with NASA’s permission.