CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk to conduct two spacewalks
Today NASA announced that Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk will perform two spacewalks in the coming weeks.
On and , Joshua and NASA astronaut Anil Menon will conduct spacewalks to install two new solar arrays. Together with previously installed arrays, they will increase power generation capacity on the Station by up to 30%. Canadarm2 will assist the astronauts during operations by acting as a base for one astronaut to stand on.
Joshua will be the fifth CSA astronaut to conduct a spacewalk outside the Station, following Chris Hadfield, Steve MacLean, Dave Williams, and David Saint-Jacques. The spacewalks will be the 285th and 286th conducted in support of International Space Station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades.
Joshua and his Crew-13 crewmembers, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, launched to the International Space Station on .