Second spacewalk for CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk

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Second spacewalk for CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk

On November 5, 2026, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutyrk conducted a second spacewalk outside the International Space Station.  (Credits: Canadian Space Agency, NASA)

Voice of Joshua Kutryk 

Good morning Jenni!  

Voice of Jenni Gibbons 

 And good morning Josh and Anil! We have you loud and clear! 

On November 5, 2026, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk conducted a second spacewalk outside the International Space Station. 

Together with NASA astronaut Anil Menon, he installed the final solar array in a power upgrade campaign that began in 2021.  

Voice of Joshua Kutryk  

It’s going to help us to put more power in the Space Station so we can run even more of the laboratories and science experiments.

Anil moved around the Station securely anchored to Canadarm2, while NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney controlled the robotic arm from the inside. 

Voice of Joshua Kutryk 

We're doing these operations in space because we think space is tied to our future prosperity, but we're also able to do them because of what we've designed and built in Canada. For me it's just overwhelmingly special to be able to spend that time, working outside hand in hand literally with Canadarm2.

This is an absolute rarity of human experience. There are very few countries who have been invited to participate in an opportunity like this. That speaks to our history, that speaks to the work of the Canadian Space Agency. Think of what this could mean for our future.

I feel so lucky, privileged to do this job, but not just to do it as an astronaut, to do it as an astronaut with the Canadian flag on my shoulder.

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