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Spacewalkers complete five-year effort to upgrade space station power supply

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November 6, 2026 • 48 views
Original source: Spaceflight Now

Spacewalking astronauts Joshua Kutryk and Anil Menon unfurled the last of eight new solar arrays outside the International Space Station Thursday, working through an unexpected power snag to complete a five-year upgrade designed to keep the orbiting laboratory running through its retirement in 2030.

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