NASA Preparing To Kick Off Final Space Station Power Upgrade

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers is pictured during a spacewalk to upgrade the orbital outpost’s power generation system and relocate a communications antenna.

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA’s first International Space Station spacewalk of 2026 is planned for Jan. 8 to prep the orbital lab for the installation of its seventh ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA). The 6- to 7-hr. excursion will be conducted by Mike Fincke, the ISS Expedition 74 commander, and astronaut Zena...
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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