Canada · 6 d ago
Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk steps out on his first spacewalk
Kutryk and NASA's Anil Menon were set to install solar panels on the International Space Station's port truss, with Canadarm2 helping. The walk began at 8 a.m. ET and was expected to last about 6 hours 45 minutes.
Canadian ISS spacewalkers, in order
- 1 Chris Hadfield, 2001
- 2 Steve MacLean, 2006
- 3 Dave Williams, 2007
- 4 David Saint-Jacques, 2019
- 5 Joshua Kutryk, 2026
Kutryk is the fifth Canadian to spacewalk from the station, and the first since David Saint-Jacques in 2019.
After the upgrade
20–30 % more power for the ISS
A second spacewalk is planned for Nov 5 to finish the job. The upgrade is to raise the station's power capacity by 20 to 30 per cent.
