- Two astronauts are making a seven-hour spacewalk today outside of the International Space Station.
- $4, the astronauts are preparing the station for its next solar array installation.
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan's Koichi Wakata are spacewalking outside of the International Space Station today to complete modification kits for the next sollar array installation on the station, $4
NASA is currently streaming Mann and Wakata's spacewalk live:
Mann and Wakata's mission began early Thursday morning EST and will last approximately seven hours.
The astronauts are currently preparing to install two final solar arrays on the ISS. $4, once all six arrays are operational, they will bost the station's power supply by 20% to 30%.
This is the 2nd spacewalk of 2023 at the ISS. $4 but ran into a few issues that prevented them from finishing the job.