Space Station Spacewalk Advances Solar Power Upgrade

Space
Thomas Pesquet in the ISS.
Credit: NASA
Spacewalking Japanese and European astronauts successfully prepared the port side of the International Space Station's (ISS) solar power truss for the future installation of the third of six planned ISS Roll Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs) to augment electrical generation as the orbital lab's solar panels...
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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