LIVE: Watch as @astro_anil and Joshua Kutryk of @csa_asc install the final roll-out solar array on the @space_station during a spacewalk that will last about seven hours. The solar arrays will boost power to the orbital lab. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/i/broadcasts/2qVjWBPJd…
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U.S. Spacewalk 101

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Nov 5, 2026 · 12:00 PM UTC

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Off to work we go 🎵 @astro_anil and @csa_asc's Joshua Kutryk have exited the space station and will begin their work installing the final roll-out solar array.
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The roll-out solar array is out of its carrier and on its way to where it'll be installed.
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Today’s spacewalk is: -The 286th spacewalk supporting the @Space_Station’s assembly and maintenance -The 9th spacewalk of 2026 -The second in one week (!) to support the installation of a solar array
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Teamwork! @Astro_Anil and Joshua Kutryk of @CSA_ASC have successfully unfolded the solar array, which is now extended to its full 20 ft width.
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POV: Your office is in the sky. @Astro_Anil is seen moving toward his spacewalk teammate, Joshua Kutryk of @CSA_ASC, as Earth glows below.
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The final solar array is installed — and now unfurling. When this solar array is completely deployed, the @Space_Station will generate approximately 215 kW, boosting the orbiting laboratory’s power by up to 30%.
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Now that the solar array has been successfully deployed, @Astro_Anil and Joshua Kutryk of @CSA_ASC will now clean up their work sites and head back to the airlock of the @Space_Station.
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NASA astronaut @Astro_Anil and @CSA_ASC astronaut are now safely in the airlock following their successful spacewalk. Astronauts @Astro_Watkins and Luke Delaney are waiting inside the @Space_Station to assist them out of their spacesuits.
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last solar array going up. make it count 🛰️
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Imagine doing manual labour with the entire planet as your view.
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final roll out array. so the station is just a house that keeps getting bigger panels bolted on
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Last of eight iROSAs. Each one unrolls in about 10 minutes with no motors, just energy stored in its carbon fibre booms. – at Berlin, Germany
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seven hours outside in a suit. i can't do 7 hours at my desk without a snack break
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Grok version:
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Image from Richard (@417Hitech)
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Seven hours outside to install one solar panel. Toughest DIY job off Earth.
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risks that actually matter on a spacewalk suit punctures from sharp edges, tools drifting into open space, and the suit itself as you’ll see in the video below. in 2013 Luca Parmitano was outside on a cable job when cooling water started filling his helmet. What initially didn't feel urgent eventually resulted in houston calling off the mission as Luca lost sight and comms creating a high risk situation good luck to the two heading out today clip: nasa / space city films
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Our heroes up there in the sky are still working hard—take good care of yourselves up there, and good luck!
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Watching astronauts install solar arrays... Better than any morning show. Got my coffee.
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You guys could’ve just pushed bro out man he’d been all right
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Amazing work over there!!! Thx 4 share this moments with us little ants 🐜 down here!!! ❣️ I love to see u working in space 🥰 ✌🏻😋
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installing solar arrays outside the iss for 7 hours. meanwhile i need a pep talk just to change a lightbulb on a stepladder lol
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The Station just got its final solar blanket
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Final array going on. How much extra power does the station actually get once all of them are unrolled?
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@grok what are some things the ISS crew can do, or do better, with the additional power?
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Why arrays matter so much up there: about a third of every ~90-minute lap is spent in Earth's shadow, so the panels must feed the batteries during the sunlit part while also running the station.
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How long will these solar arrays last in space? Do they get hit with space debris? Very interesting.
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Seven hours! Wow. How much of the array install was rehearsed (in the pool maybe?) versus left to the crew's judgement on the day?
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I couldn't imagine being suited up and under water for 7 hrs,WOW ! I scuba, and one hour wipes me out for at least 2 -3 hours before I'm ready to go back under. By the way, even if you use a re-breather; which I have, how do you get it to last for 7 hrs of active use?
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Hold on where's the lights and the camera? I don't know buzz thought you had it,, damnit now we gotta go back!!!
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astronauts doing all this while i still can't build a bookshelf
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Best detail of these IROSA walks: they mate the power cables during orbital night, when the array makes nothing. Same rule I live by on the turbine side, work it de-energized.
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seven hours outside and somehow still working from home.
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All Kutryk needs is a coffee mug and he’ll be in full supervisory mode.
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Don't let trump find out that your using solar. He'll have diesel generators up there yesterday.
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seven hours outside the station installing a solar array is honestly incredible. i love watching this kind of work happen live
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They guy struggled with a covered camera for over 15 minutes, stars are visible through the astronauts body and follow the cameras movement. Spell fake without saying it
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