Indian-origin astronaut Anil Menon to make first spacewalk for ISS power upgrade

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Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon will perform his first spacewalk on Thursday, August 6, with Jessica Meir to upgrade the ISS power system ahead of a new solar array installation. The spacewalk, US Spacewalk 96, will last about six and a half hours and involve installing hardware for the station's 3B power channel. This prepares for the seventh IROSA solar panel, which will support critical operations including eventual de-orbiting. It is the first of three US spacewalks planned for August. For Menon, born to Indian and Ukrainian immigrants, this marks the biggest milestone of his first space mission.


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