{"id":674026,"date":"2026-11-03T20:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T20:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/674026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T20:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T20:42:08","slug":"spacewalks-no-100-for-us-from-international-space-station-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/674026\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacewalk\u2019s No. 100 for US from International Space Station | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"image\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Anil Menon seemingly hanging upside down. (ISS\/NASA via SWNS)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Dean Murray<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Incredible scenes show astronauts during the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/spacestation\/2026\/10\/29\/spacewalkers-install-roll-out-solar-arrays-for-power-generation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">spacewalk<\/a> outside the International Space Station (ISS).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shots include NASA\u2019s Anil Menon seemingly hanging upside down in the <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2026\/08\/10\/james-webb-space-telescope-reveals-cosmic-treasure-chest-of-young-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">vacuum of space<\/a>, as well as a \u201cspace selfie\u201d by the Expedition 75 flight engineer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Menon participated in a spacewalk with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk to install a new roll-out <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2026\/07\/29\/solar-eclipse-wont-be-this-big-again-until-2081\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">solar array<\/a> on the ISS\u2019 port-side truss structure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pair spent seven hours and 11 minutes working outside the orbiting laboratory, attaching the array before releasing its tension bolts and allowing it to unfurl on its own in around 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"image\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>(CSA via SWNS)<\/p>\n<p>                                    By Talker<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Menon was seen riding the Canadarm2 robotic arm as he carried the rolled-up solar array to its installation site, while Kutryk made his way along the station\u2019s truss structure, tethered to the ISS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new array is the seventh roll-out solar array installed on the station and is designed to boost its power-generating capacity as NASA prepares for the ISS\u2019 eventual safe and controlled deorbit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spacewalk marked the <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2026\/03\/24\/astronaut-captures-out-of-this-world-selfie-during-spacewalk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">100th US spacewalk<\/a> carried out from the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Menon posted on X on Oct. 30: \u201cCan confirm. It\u2019s always sunny in space. Yesterday, we completed USOS EVA 100 and installed a new solar array on space station. Over 25 years operating in the harshest environment and using the sun\u2019s energy to do it!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Anil Menon seemingly hanging upside down. 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