For the third time in 9 days, Thomas Pesquet and Shane Kimbrough donned their spacesuits and ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS), this time to install the second of six new Boeing-built ISS Roll Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to the outpost — part of a program to increase the station’s electrical power capability as its science and research demands increase and future expansion plans continue.
The Extravehicular Activity (EVA) – officially known as US EVA-76 – began at 11:52 UTC / 07:52 EDT when Thomas from the European Space Agency (ESA) and Shane from NASA took their extravehicular mobility units (EMUs, or spacesuits) to battery power before exiting the Quest Airlock.