The International Space Station is set to receive its second solar power boost in a month during a spacewalk
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. on Thursday. The event will come after a piece of wayward space garbage interfered with plans to carry out the spacewalk Wednesday.
noted in a blog post Wednesday. The spacewalk is now expected to begin Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET and will last for about seven hours. Live coverage began at 7 a.m. ET on astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio are set to install a solar array outside the floating laboratory. Rubio will serve as extravehicular crew member 1 and will wear a suit with red stripes, while Cassada will wear an unmarked white suit as extravehicular crew member 2. Thursday’s spacewalk is one of many intended to install rollout solar arrays, called iROSAs, to increase electrical power on the space station.
. While the space station crew remained safe, investigation of the leak is ongoing.
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