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As it happened: spacewalkers install space station’s eighth and final upgraded solar array

As it happened: spacewalkers install space station’s eighth and final upgraded solar array

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CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon conducted a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, installing and deploying the eighth and final Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA) on the 3B channel. The spacewalk began at 8:36 a.m. EST and completed the station's power augmentation upgrades.

During Thursday’s spacewalk, the astronauts will install the eighth and final International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array, or IROSA.

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