Astronauts are Go for Final Power Upgrade Spacewalk
Mission managers have given the go for two astronauts to exit the International Space Station on Thursday and install its eighth and final roll-out solar array. The Expedition 75 crew members completed final preparations for the spacewalk and also conducted biotechnology research. The post Astronauts are Go for Final Power Upgrade Spacewalk appeared first on NASA Science .
Astronauts Joshua Kutryk of the Canadian Space Agency and NASA's Anil Menon have received the green light to exit the International Space Station for their final spacewalk on Thursday. The pair will install the eighth and final roll-out solar array, completing the station's power generation upgrade from 160 kilowatts to approximately 215 kilowatts, a process that began in June 2021.
The spacewalk is set to commence at 8:30 a.m., with a live continuous coverage starting at 7 a.m. from NASA+ and other streaming platforms. Prior to the spacewalk, Kutryk and Menon conducted biotechnology research, inspecting water samples for microbial growth and swabbing surfaces for bacteria. The astronauts will spend about seven hours in space, repeating the installation tasks from a previous spacewalk on October 29, but this time on the opposite side of the orbital lab's truss structure.
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