NASA astronauts on Thursday morning efficiently hooked up a photo voltaic array on the Worldwide Area Station after a bit of area junk was decided to be flying dangerously near the orbiting laboratory.
Astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio started the spacewalk at 8:19 a.m. EST to put in an Worldwide Area Station Roll-Out Photo voltaic Array, or iROSA, to enhance energy era for the 4A energy channel on the station’s port truss construction. They accomplished their stroll at 3:27 p.m.
The iROSAs will enhance energy era functionality by as much as 30%.
Area company officers had postponed Wednesday’s stroll till they may nudge the area station safely away from the area particles.
NASA recognized the area particles as from an outdated Russian Fregat upper-stage booster. The area station and the astronauts had been moved safely away from the potential shut name.
A Russian spacewalk on the ISS was canceled final week as they evaluated a coolant leak that was detected coming from the aft finish of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked on the Worldwide Area Station, NASA stated then.
This was the 257th spacewalk in assist of area station meeting, upgrades and upkeep, and was the third spacewalk for Cassada and Rubio.
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