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NASA Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Install Solar Array [1]

['Dorothea Fox Jakob', 'Nasa Astronaut Amir Ali', 'Ann Lyttle']

Date: 2022-12-22

Expedition 68 Flight Engineers Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio of NASA began a spacewalk at 8:19 a.m. EST to install an International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) to augment power generation for the 4A power channel on the station’s port truss structure.

Rubio, designated extravehicular crew member 1 (EV1), is wearing a suit with red stripes. Cassada, designated extravehicular crewmember 2 (EV 2), is in an unmarked suit. Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.

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