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Spacewalkers unfurl first of six new space station solar arrays


Spacewalkers unfurl first of six new space station solar arrays Astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Shane Kimbrough floated outside the International Space Station Sunday to deploy and unroll a new solar array blanket after encountering spacesuit glitches and an interference issue during a previous excursion Wednesday. Pesquet and Kimbrough switched their spacesuits to battery power at 7:42 a.m. EDT (1142 GMT) Sunday to begin a planned six-and-a-half hour spacewalk.   More



(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jun 21)

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