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Astronauts Begin ISS Power System Upgrade Spacewalk

  • NASA astronaut Anil Menon and CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk performed a spacewalk to install and deploy a Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA).
  • The spacewalk is the first of two, scheduled one week apart, to complete the upgrade.
  • The International Space Station is approximately 400 kilometers above Earth, moving at about 7.66 kilometers per second.
  • This marks the first spacewalk for CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk in seven years.
  • The spacewalk aims to enhance the ISS's power supply.

Timeline

  1. Canada's 1st spacewalk in 7 years scheduled

    A Canadian astronaut will conduct Canada's first spacewalk in seven years on October 29.

  2. Joshua Kutryk's 1st spacewalk underway

    Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk's first spacewalk is underway from the International Space Station.

  3. Spacewalk to install solar array

    NASA and CSA astronauts perform a spacewalk to install and deploy an International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array.

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    Final phase of power system upgrade

    Two astronauts begin the final phase of a space station upgrade to the aging power system.

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