Astronauts are gearing up and going outside of the space station today -NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk are heading outside the International Space Station today for the 101st U.S. spacewalk.
Their mission is to install the final part of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA), completing a major power upgrade. This installation process started back in 2021.
The solar array upgrade can boost available power around 30%—with the station’s generation capacity rising from 160 to about 215 kilowatts.
The walk started at 7:30 AM CT and is scheduled to be finish at 3:30 pm CT. Want to watch the action from start to finish? Catch NASA’s coverage online and nerd out with us!
