ISS Astronauts Install 7th Solar Array in 100th U.S. Spacewalk
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Updated · Space.com · Oct 29
ISS Astronauts Install 7th Solar Array in 100th U.S. Spacewalk
3 articles · Updated · Space.com · Oct 29
Summary
Anil Menon and Joshua Kutryk completed a 7-hour, 11-minute EVA to install and deploy the ISS's second-to-last upgraded roll-out solar array on the station's 2A power channel.
The 750-pound array, delivered earlier this month aboard SpaceX's 35th ISS cargo mission, was carried into place with Canadarm2 and unfurled to 63 feet in about 12 minutes.
The new iROSA overlays part of an aging original panel whose output has degraded beyond its 15-year design life; paired together, the upgraded arrays lift station power by 20% to 30%.
Thursday marked the 100th U.S. spacewalk from the ISS without a shuttle present and the first Canadian astronaut EVA since 2019; Kutryk will join Menon again on Nov. 5 to install the eighth and final array.