NASA astronauts Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk complete a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to install and deploy an upgraded solar array. The work involves unfolding solar panels designed to increase the station’s power capacity.
All outlets describe the activity as the installation and deployment of the station’s next-generation roll-out solar array. Spaceflight Now specifies the installation as the seventh of eight new panels and says the upgrades are intended to help power the ISS through its retirement in 2030. Space.com and others frame the event as part of a broader milestone, identifying it as the 100th US spacewalk by ISS crew members. Coverage also includes live or watch-along presentation, particularly in outlets that emphasize the public viewing element.
Across reports, the core facts remain consistent—two astronauts perform a spacewalk to deploy IROSA-related solar infrastructure—while details such as panel count and the retirement timeline appear only in some coverage.
