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    NASA Spacewalkers Complete Solar Array Installation

    NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg watches as a new solar array deploys after he and fellow NASA spacewalker Stephen Bowen (out of frame) successfully installed it on the space station. Credit: NASA TV

    Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg of NASA concluded their spacewalk at 3:28 p.m. EDT after 6 hours and 3 minutes. Bowen and Hoburg completed all of their objectives to install an IROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) to augment power generation for the 1A power channel on the station’s starboard …

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    NASA Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Install Solar Array

    NASA astronauts (from left) Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg will install a set of new roll-out solar arrays on the space station during today's spacewalk.

    Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg of NASA began a spacewalk at 9:25 a.m. EDT today to install an IROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) to augment power generation for the 1A power channel on the station’s starboard truss structure. Bowen, designated extravehicular crew member 1 (EV1), is wearing a suit with red …

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    Spacewalkers Installing Solar Array Live on NASA TV

    Astronaut Stephen Bowen is pictured exiting the space station's Quest airlock and beginning a spacewalk on April 28, 2023.

    NASA Television coverage of today’s spacewalk with NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg is now underway and is also available on the NASA app, the space station blog and the agency’s website. The crew members of Expedition 69 are preparing to exit the International Space Station‘s Quest airlock for a spacewalk expected to begin about 9:15 a.m. EDT and last …

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    Astronauts Make Final Preparations for Friday’s Spacewalk

    NASA astronauts (from left) Woody Hoburg, Frank Rubio, and Stephen Bowen talk to elementary and junior high school students on Earth.

    Four Expedition 69 astronauts are making final preparations ahead of Friday’s spacewalk to continue upgrading the International Space Station’s power generation system. Meanwhile, the orbital outpost’s three cosmonauts focused on heart research and plasma physics while ensuring station systems remain in tip-top shape. NASA Flight Engineers Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg are scheduled to set …

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    Dragon Delivers Solar Arrays Setting Up Friday’s Spacewalk

    The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft approaches the station for an automated docking above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan on June 6, 2023.

    Expedition 69 crew members have opened the hatch to the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft and begun unpacking several tons of cargo packed inside. Stowed inside the resupply ship is a pair of roll-out solar arrays that will soon be removed for installation on the International Space Station during the next spacewalk. Dragon craft docked to …

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    Dragon Docks to Station, Delivers New Cargo and Solar Arrays

    June 6, 2023: International Space Station Configuration. Five spaceships are docked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour, the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, and Roscosmos' Soyuz MS-23 crew ship and Progress 83 and 84 resupply ships.

    While the International Space Station was traveling approximately 270 miles over the coast of Brazil, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft autonomously docked to the station’s Harmony module at 5:54 a.m. EDT, with NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg monitoring operations. The SpaceX Dragon launched as part of the company’s 28th contracted commercial resupply services mission for NASA …

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    Dragon Cargo Craft Approaches Station Live on NASA TV

    The SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship is pictured approaching the space station on June 5, 2021.

    A SpaceX Dragon is on track to arrive at the International Space Station, Tuesday, June 6, with an expected docking of the cargo spacecraft about 5:50 a.m. EDT. Live coverage is underway on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. When it arrives to the space station, Dragon will dock to the space-facing port of …

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    Spacewalk Preps, Science Work as Dragon Counts Down to Launch

    Astronaut Sultan Alneyadi sets up hardware for a protein crystal growth experiment on May 30, 2023, that may shorten the development cycle for new drugs.

    Spacesuits and science filled the Expedition 69 schedule at the end of the workweek aboard the International Space Station. Back on Earth, a cargo-filled U.S. resupply ship is counting down to its launch to replenish the residents living on the orbital outpost. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg are preparing for a June 9 …

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    Dragon Counts Down to Launch Ahead of Spacewalks

    A pair of Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs), also known spacesuits, are pictured inside the space station's Quest airlock where spacewalks are staged by astronauts wearing the EMUs.

    A Dragon cargo craft is counting down to its liftoff to the International Space Station on Saturday as two NASA astronauts get ready for next week’s spacewalk. Meanwhile, the Expedition 69 crew is keeping up with its human research, robotics, and lab maintenance activities. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon cargo craft atop …

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    Station Crew Focuses on Spacewalks, Cargo Mission After Ax-2

    Astronaut Stephen Bowen is pictured exiting the space station's Quest airlock and beginning a spacewalk on April 28, 2023.

    The seven Expedition 69 crew members are turning their attention to a pair of spacewalks and a cargo mission after saying goodbye to their Axiom Mission-2 (Ax-2) guests on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a pair of experiments onboard the International Space Station on Wednesday looked at monitoring health and 3D printing. The four astronauts and three cosmonauts …

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