With the aim of upgrading the power infrastructure of the International Space Station (ISS), the two NASA astronauts of Indian origin, Anil Menon and Jessica Meir, successfully completed a spacewalk.
The two, who exited from the ‘Quest Airlock’ area to install new solar panels on the ‘3B’ power channel in the station’s ‘Starboard 6 truss’ section, worked intensively in space for about 6 hours and 27 minutes and successfully completed the task.
NASA has said that, in the future, these upgrades will greatly help in installing roll-out solar panels, known as “Iroza,” on the space station.
Since 2021, 6 panels have been installed so far, and the remaining 2 panels are scheduled to be sent to the space station at the end of this year.
Meanwhile, the two astronauts who marveled at the Moon during their spacewalk shared their excitement about a future lunar base.
Anil Menon
