NASA announced that Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk will conduct two spacewalks in the coming weeks. He and NASA astronaut Anil Menon are scheduled to work outside the International Space Station on October 29 and November 5.
The astronauts will install two new solar arrays. Together with arrays already in place, they will increase the station’s power generation capacity by up to 30%. Canadarm2 will serve as a platform for one astronaut during the operations.
Kutryk will be the fifth CSA astronaut to conduct a spacewalk outside the station. He follows Chris Hadfield, Steve MacLean, Dave Williams and David Saint-Jacques.
