NASA Spacewalkers Complete ISS Solar Power System Upgrade

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Two NASA astronauts installed a sixth and final planned ISS Roll Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the long solar power truss of the International Space Station (ISS) during a June 15 spacewalk. The 5 1/2-hr. excusion by Woody Hoburg and Steve Bowen wrapped up a multiyear upgrade to the electrical...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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