NASA Astronauts to Conduct Spacewalk for Station Upgrades: Latest Update and Live Coverage

NASA has announced that two astronauts aboard the International Space Station will conduct a spacewalk on April 28 to install hardware that will support future power system upgrades.

The spacewalk is part of a series to augment the station’s power channels with new International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs). NASA astronaut Steve Bowen and UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi will exit the station to prepare for future installation of upgraded solar arrays on the starboard side of the station’s truss. They will also retrieve S-band antenna equipment and bring it inside the space station for refurbishment.

The spacewalk is scheduled to last about 6.5 hours and will be covered live on NASA Television, NASA app, and on the agency’s website. This will be the eighth spacewalk for Bowen and the first for any UAE astronaut.

Agency experts will preview the spacewalk during a live news conference at 2 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 24, from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Live coverage of the news conference and spacewalk will air on NASA Television, NASA app, and on the agency’s website at:

https://www.nasa.gov/live

Learn more about International Space Station research and operations at:

https://www.nasa.gov/station

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