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Oct. 29, 2026 ISS EVA to boost power 160->215 kW

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk will conduct a 6-hour-45-minute spacewalk on the ISS on Oct. 29, 2026.
CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon will install iROSA arrays 7 and 8.
The installation will raise ISS power from 160 kW to about 215 kW.
Canada launched a bipartisan space caucus and pledged a new space strategy after Kutryk’s EVA.

Summary

NASA conducts its 100th U.S. spacewalk from the ISS without a space-shuttle.
NASA will stream the October 29 EVA live on NASA+ and Amazon Prime Video.
Crew-13 launched aboard a SpaceX Dragon on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral.
Flight engineers Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney will operate Canadarm2 to assist the EVA.

History

NASA’s first ISS assembly EVA on 7 December 1998, led by astronauts James H. Newman and Susan J. Helms, marked the station’s extravehicular capability and began a series of 245 assembly spacewalks recorded by 2021. Building on that foundation, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon will install iROSA arrays 7 and 8 on 29 October 2026, extending the station’s solar power capacity.

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NASA’s first ISS assembly EVA on 7 December 1998, led by astronauts James H. Newman and Susan J. Helms, marked the station’s extravehicular capability and began a series of 245 assembly spacewalks recorded by 2021. Building on that foundation, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon will install iROSA arrays 7 and 8 on 29 October 2026, extending the station’s solar power capacity.

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