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Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon upgrades Space Station in 7-hour spacewalk

short by Daisy Mowke / on Friday, 6 November, 2026
Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk completed a 6-hour-59-minute spacewalk on November 5 to install the International Space Station's eighth roll-out solar array. The upgrade increases the station's power generation capacity from 160 kilowatts to around 215 kilowatts. It was the 286th spacewalk in support of space station assembly, maintenance and upgrades.
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