Spacewalkers Install Next-to-Last Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array

Mark Carreau October 29, 2026 NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk conclude their Oct. 29 spacewalk. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—Spacewalking astronauts closed in on the final installation of the International Space Station’s (ISS) eight solar power augmenting Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs) on Oct.

29 with a 7-hr. excursion. The spacewalkers secured the seventh 750-lb. device in place on the port side of the orbital... Mark Carreau Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years.

While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting. Subscription Required Spacewalkers Install Next-to-Last Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report , an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.

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