American and Canadian Astronauts Set to Install Solar Arrays on International Space Station Xinhua News Agency, Los Angeles, October 29: NASA announced on the 29th that two astronauts on the International Space Station completed a roughly 7-hour spacewalk mission on the same day to install a coiled solar array for the International Space Station. The two people who exited the capsule were NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutrick. According to NASA, the spacewalk lasted 7 hours and 11 minutes. The two installed a coiled solar array in the 2A power channel of the International Space Station. According to reports, this is the seventh set of coiled solar arrays installed on the International Space Station, which will provide additional power to the Space Station to ensure the operation of key missions, including a safe and controlled exit of the International Space Station in the future. This mission is the 285th spacewalk to support the assembly, maintenance and upgrade of the International Space Station. This is also Menon's fourth spacewalk and Kotrick's first spacewalk.

American and Canadian Astronauts Set to Install Solar Arrays on International Space Station Xinhua News Agency, Los Angeles, October 29: NASA announced on the 29th that two astronauts on the International Space Station completed a roughly 7-hour spacewalk mission on the same day to install a coiled solar array for the International Space Station. The two people who exited the capsule were NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutrick. According to NASA, the spacewalk lasted 7 hours and 11 minutes. The two installed a coiled solar array in the 2A power channel of the International Space Station. According to reports, this is the seventh set of coiled solar arrays installed on the International Space Station, which will provide additional power to the Space Station to ensure the operation of key missions, including a safe and controlled exit of the International Space Station in the future. This mission is the 285th spacewalk to support the assembly, maintenance and upgrade of the International Space Station. This is also Menon's fourth spacewalk and Kotrick's first spacewalk.