Protection of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the firms site.
In March, NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Raja Chari finished a spacewalk to prepare the space station for the solar variety upgrades by putting together and setting up adjustment kits. In June, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet set up a brand-new ISS Roll-Out Solar Array throughout a spacewalk.
By NASA
November 15, 2022
The first rollout solar arrays were installed during a spacewalk on June 16, 2021, by astronauts (from left) Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet. Credit: NASA
In March, NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Raja Chari finished a spacewalk to prepare the spaceport station for the solar array upgrades by putting together and setting up modification kits. In June, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet installed a new ISS Roll-Out Solar Array throughout a spacewalk. A 2nd Roll-Out Solar Array was set up later that month during a spacewalk by that same 2 astronauts.
NASA astronauts (from left) Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio are visualized during spacewalk training at NASAs Johnson Space. Credit: NASA
Exploration 68 Flight Engineers Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio of NASA started a spacewalk at 9:14 a.m. EST (6:14 a.m. PST) to put together an installing bracket on the starboard side of the stations truss assembly in preparation for the installation of a pair of International Space Station Rollout Solar Arrays on the space station. The spacewalk formally began as the duo changed to the battery power in their fits prior to leaving the airlock.
The spacewalk will last around seven hours. Protection of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agencys site.
Astronauts Koichi Wakata and Nicole Mann close the hatch to the Quest airlock where astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio are positioned to start a spacewalk. Credit: NASA TELEVISION
Previously, crew members on the International Space Station prepared for NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio to leave the spaceport stations Quest airlock for a spacewalk beyond the microgravity laboratory.