NASA astronauts (from left) Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg will install a set of brand-new roll-out solar arrays on the area station during todays spacewalk. Credit: NASA
To begin the spacewalk, which is anticipated to last about 7 hours, the astronauts exited the International Space Stations Quest airlock. Bowen and Hoburg will set up an IROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) to augment power generation for the 1A power channel on the stations starboard truss structure.
The brand-new selections are 60 feet long by 20 feet broad (18.2 meters by 6 meters) and will shade a bit majority of the initial selections, which are 112 feet long by 39 feet wide. Each brand-new IROSA will produce more than 20 kilowatts of electrical energy, and when all are set up, will make it possible for a 30% increase in power production over the stations existing selections.
The spacewalk is the ninth for Bowen and the first for Hoburg.
NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen is envisioned in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or spacesuit, leaving the International Space Stations Quest airlock and beginning a spacewalk on April 28, 2023. Credit: NASA
NASA astronauts Bowen and Hoburg have actually started a spacewalk to install an IROSA to expand power generation on the International Space Station. The new arrays will increase power production by 30%.
Exploration 69 Flight Engineers Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg of NASA began a spacewalk at 9:25 a.m. EDT (6:25 a, m, PDT) today, June 9, to install an IROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) to enhance power generation for the 1A power channel on the stations starboard truss structure.
Bowen, designated extravehicular crew member 1 (EV1), is using a suit with red stripes. Hoburg, designated extravehicular crewmember 2 (EV 2), remains in an unmarked suit. Protection of the spacewalk advances NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agencys site.