NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata will venture outside the orbiting outpost from the Quest airlock to finish preparation work ahead of the installation of new solar arrays in summer 2023.
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added …