NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata concluded their spacewalk at 2:26 p.m. EST after six hours and 41 minutes. Mann and Wakata completed their major objective for today, which was to complete the construction of a mounting platform on t
after six hours and 41 minutes.
Mann and Wakata completed their major objective for today, which was to complete the construction of a mounting platform on the 1A power channel that was startedon January 20. In addition, they relocated an articulating portable foot restraint from the P6 truss for future spacewalk tasks and deployed cables for the installation of the next pair of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays .
Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is pictured in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit , or spacesuit, during a seven-hour and 21-minute spacewalk on January 20, 2023, to install a modification kit on the International Space Station’s starboard truss structure preparing the orbital lab for its next roll-out solar array. Credit: NASA
The installation was part of a series of spacewalks to augment the station’s power channels with new iROSAs. Four iROSAs have been installed so far, and two additional arrays will be mounted to the installed platforms during future spacewalks following their arrival later this year on
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