'We Got It Done!' Spacewalking Astronauts Finish Installing Next-Gen ISS Solar Arrays
The upgrade is expected to raise the station’s total power output to about 215 kilowatts, NASA said.
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Spacewalkers complete five-year effort to upgrade space station power supply
Spacewalking astronauts Joshua Kutryk and Anil Menon unfurled the last of eight new solar arrays outside the International Space Station Thursday, working through an unexpected power snag to complete a five-year upgrade designed to keep the orbiting laboratory running through its retirement in 2030.
'We got it done!' Spacewalking astronauts finish installing next-gen ISS solar arrays
Spacewalkers Anil Menon and Joshua Kutryk installed the final ISS Roll-Out Solar Array on Thursday (Nov. 5), wrapping up a multiyear effort to boost the station's power generation by 30%.
Two astronauts completed the installation of the ISS’s eighth drop-down solar panel. The operation closed an improvement campaign begun in 2021 and, according to NASA, can raise up to 30% of the electricity available at the station.
Astronauts Complete ISS Solar Array On 101st Spacewalk
On a seven-hour spacewalk Thursday, astronauts reached a milestone that will benefit space stations now and in the future. NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk installed the station’s eighth and final International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA). The mission also marked the 101st U.S. spacewalk. The installation completed a…
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