NASA Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Prep for Solar Array Replacements
Expedition 66 Flight Engineers Kayla Barron and Raja Chari of NASA began a spacewalk to assemble and install modification kits required for upcoming solar array upgrades on the International Space Station at 8:12 a.m. EDT.
Barron, designated extravehicular crew member 1 (EV1), is wearing a suit with red stripes. Chari, designated extravehicular crewmember 2 (EV 2), will wear a suit with no stripes. Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.
Barron and Chari’s primary task will be to assemble and install modification kits required for upcoming solar array upgrades. The pair will install brackets and struts to support the future installation of an ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA).
Learn more about station activities by following @space_station and @ISS_Research on Twitter as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on Twitter, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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Heidi Lavelle
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