Live coverage of U.S. Spacewalk 96 at the International Space Station will begin at 7 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 6. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon will exit the Quest airlock to install hardware that will modify the station’s 3B power channel and prepare it for the future installation of an International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA).
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