Overview
- NASA’s Anil Menon and Canada’s Joshua Kutryk completed a 7-hour, 11-minute spacewalk to install and unfurl the seventh of eight IROSA roll-out solar arrays.
- The panel was mounted on the station’s port truss and connected during an orbital night pass so electricians could safely mate the power cables.
- Each IROSA adds roughly 8 kilowatts and the full eight-array upgrade will raise available station power from about 160 kW to roughly 215 kW.
- Canada played a major operational role: the Canadarm2 robotic arm moved the folded IROSA, Canadian flight controllers served as capcom, and Kutryk became the fifth Canadian to walk in space.
- Mission teams are preparing for a Nov. 5, 2026 EVA to install the eighth and final IROSA which will complete the multi-year power-upgrade that began in 2021.