During a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk outside the orbital station, two NASA astronauts, Steve Bowen, and Woody Hoburg, will complete the installation of the fifth pair of solar arrays.
Today marks the fifth installation of iRosa solar panels on the ISS. The last set of solar arrays will be installed on June 15. It will be mounted on the starboard truss's 1B power channel.
The new solar panels are meant to replace the space station's previous solar array power system, which is showing signs of degradation.
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