International Space Station Spacewalk Preview Briefing (April 24, 2023)

NASA experts preview the Friday, April 28, 2023, spacewalk with two crew members, including a NASA astronaut. The astronauts will continue installation of hardware to support future power system upgrades.

NASA astronaut Steve Bowen and United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi will exit the station’s Quest airlock to prepare for future installation of upgraded solar arrays on the starboard side of the station’s truss. The astronauts will then retrieve S-band antenna equipment and bring it inside the space station for refurbishment.

The spacewalk is part of a series to augment the station’s power channels with new International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays. Four of the new arrays have been installed so far, and two additional arrays will be mounted to the installed platforms during future spacewalks following their arrival this year on SpaceX’s 28th commercial resupply services mission for NASA.

The agency will provide live coverage of the spacewalk beginning at 7:45 a.m., Friday, April 28. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at about 9:15 a.m., and last about 6.5 hours.

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