ISS astronaut will conduct Canada's 1st spacewalk in 7 years on Oct. 29: Watch it live
Joshua Kutryk will venture outside the International Space Station on Oct. 29, on the first spacewalk by a Canadian astronaut in more than seven years. Here's how to watch it live.
A Canadian astronaut named Joshua Kutryk, a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, will conduct Canada's first spacewalk in seven years on October 29. The spacewalk will take place outside the International Space Station (ISS), during which Kutryk and fellow astronaut Anil Menon will install new solar panels to boost the station's power supply.
The spacewalk is scheduled to last approximately 6 hours and 45 minutes, and viewers can watch it live on Space.com starting at 6:30 a.m. EDT. This will be Kutryk's first spacewalk, while Menon has already performed three spacewalks. The duo will deploy the seventh and eighth International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs), which, once installed, will increase the ISS's power supply from 160 kilowatts to 215 kilowatts, a 30% boost.
Canadian astronauts Jenni Gibbons and Chris Williams will serve as command and control for the spacewalk, while Canadarm2, a Canadian-built robotic arm, will assist in the installation process.
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