NASA Spacewalkers Continue ISS Solar Power Upgrade

Astronauts conduct spacewalk at ISS

Astronauts install a fifth ISS Roll Out Solar Array on the International Space Station’s lengthy solar power truss. 

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg installed a fifth ISS Roll Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the International Space Station’s (ISS) lengthy solar power truss during a 6-hr. June 9 spacewalk. The excursion marks the latest milestone in a multiyear effort to boost electrical power...
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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