US and French astronauts make ISS spacewalk

This NASA TV frame grab captured on Jun 20, 2021 shows US astronaut Shane Kimbrough seen from French astronaut Thomas Pesquet's helmet camera as the two installed a solar panel array on the International Space Station. WASHINGTON: A French and an American astronaut embarked on a spacewalk on Sunday to complete the installation of new solar panels to boost power supplies to the International Space Station , they announced on Twitter.

"Here we go again for episode of the new solar array installation spacewalks," tweeted Thomas Pesquet, a Frenchman with the European Space Agency."It is a huge team effort each time and couldn't be happier to return with @astro_kimbrough," he said, referring to his American colleague Shane Kimbrough, a NASA astronaut.

The two men activated the internal batteries in their space suits at 1142 GMT, then opened the hatch to the ISS airlock.The new panels, which will power both daily operations and the research and science projects carried out on the ISS, are expected to have a 15-year lifespan.A first effort on Wednesday ran into several snags, notably problems with Kimbrough's spacesuit.

In all, there have been 240 ISS spacewalks as astronauts carry out the work of assembling and maintaining, as well as upgrading, the station.

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