NASA officials hosted a briefing detailing an upcoming spacewalk focused on attaching a support bracket in preparation for future installation of the orbiting laboratory’s third new solar array. News conference participants included Dana Weigel, deputy manager, International Space Station Program; Adi Boulos, NASA spacewalk flight director; and Sandy Moore, NASA spacewalk officer. Astronauts Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) will venture outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk Sunday, Sept. 12. This will be the first spacewalk, or extravehicular activity (EVA) conducted by two international partner astronauts out of the space station’s Quest airlock. Hoshide and Pesquet will install a support bracket, called a modification kit, enabling the future installation and deployment of the third of six new International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs).
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