Watch: Nasa astronauts conduct 6.5-hour spacewalk outside ISS
Astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir ventured out to install a mounting hardware for the future addition of solar arrays to the space station.
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Watch: Nasa astronauts conduct 6.5-hour spacewalk outside ISS
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NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon conducted a 6.5-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday, August 6, 2026. During the extravehicular activity, they installed mounting hardware for new rollout solar arrays that will provide additional power to the space station.
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Nasa astronauts conduct spacewalk outside International Space Station – video
Astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, preparing the installment of new rollout solar arrays which will provide extra energy to support the station, according to Nasa Continue reading...
'One more step': NASA astronauts conduct 6.5-hour spacewalk to prep ISS for solar array upgrade
Jessica Meir and Anil Menon completed a 6.5-hour spacewalk to install solar array mounting hardware outside of the International Space Station on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026.
