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<\/a>NASA Television coverage of today\u2019s spacewalk with NASA astronaut Steve Bowen<\/a> and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi<\/a> now is underway and also is available on the NASA app<\/a>, the space station blog<\/a> and the agency\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n The two Expedition 69 crew members are preparing to exit the\u202fInternational Space Station<\/a>\u2018s Quest airlock for a spacewalk expected to begin at about 9:15 a.m. EDT and last approximately six-and-a-half-hours.<\/p>\n Bowen and Alneyadi will prepare for future installation of upgraded solar arrays on the starboard side of the station\u2019s truss. The astronauts will then retrieve S-band antenna equipment and bring it inside the space station for refurbishment.<\/p>\n The spacewalk is part of a series to augment the station\u2019s power channels with new International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs<\/a>). Four of the new arrays have been installed so far, and two additional arrays will be mounted to the installed platforms during future spacewalks following their arrival this year on SpaceX\u2019s 28th commercial resupply services mission for NASA.<\/p>\n Bowen will serve as extravehicular crew member 1 (EV 1) and will wear a suit with red stripes. Alneyadi will serve as extravehicular crew member 2 (EV 2) and will wear an unmarked suit. U.S. spacewalk 86 will be the eighth spacewalk for Bowen and the first for any UAE astronaut.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the\u00a0space station blog<\/a>,\u00a0@space_station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, as well as the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly video highlights at:\u00a0https:\/\/roundupreads.jsc.nasa.gov\/videupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here:\u00a0www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASA Television coverage of today\u2019s spacewalk with NASA astronaut Steve Bowen and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi now is underway and also is available on the NASA app, the space station blog and the agency\u2019s website. The two Expedition 69 crew members are preparing to exit the\u202fInternational Space Station\u2018s Quest airlock for a \u2026 Continue reading
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