NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata will venture outside the orbiting outpost from the Quest airlock to complete work on the 1A Power Channel Mounting Bracket for a future ISS Rollout Solar Array installation.
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 …