NASA Astronauts Complete ISS Solar Power System Upgrade Written 16 June 2023
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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio (right) assists NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg during a fit check of his spacesuit inside the ISS's Quest airlock. | Credit: NASA Johnson; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Aviation Week reports that two NASA astronauts “installed a sixth and final planned ISS Roll Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the long solar power truss of the International Space Station (ISS) during a June 15 spacewalk.” Astronauts Woody Hoburg and Steve Bowen performed the procedure during a five-and-a-half-hour excursion.
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