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NASA Astronauts Complete Dynamic Spacewalk

NASA spacewalkers (from left) Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain work together at the International Space Station’s Port-4 truss structure to install a modification kit readying the orbital outpost for a future rollout solar array.

NASA spacewalkers (from left) Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain work together at the International Space Station’s Port-4 truss structure to install a modification kit readying the orbital outpost for a future rollout solar array.

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nicole Ayers partially prepped the International Space Station’s (ISS) port side truss for the future installation of a seventh power generating ISS Roll Out Solar Array (iROSA) during a May 1 spacewalk. The astronauts also repositioned a communications...
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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