In this image taken from NASA video, NASA astronauts Kate Rubins, top, and Victor Glover work outside the International Space Station Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. The
spacewalking astronauts ventured out Sunday to install support frames for new, high-efficiency solar panels arriving at the International Space Station later this year. (NASA via AP)
Spacewalking astronauts prep station for new solar wings
By Marcia Dunn/AP
NASA / AP
In this image taken from NASA video, NASA astronauts Kate Rubins, top, and Victor Glover work outside the International Space Station Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. The
spacewalking astronauts ventured out Sunday to install support frames for new, high-efficiency solar panels arriving at the International Space Station later this year. (NASA via AP)
(Cape Canaveral, Fla.) — Astronauts are taking a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to install support frames for new solar panels arriving later this year.
NASA’s Kate Rubins and Victor Glover ventured out Sunday. T
They emerged from the station lugging 8-foot duffle-style bags stuffed with hundreds of pounds of mounting brackets and struts.
NASA says with more people and experiments at the space station, more power will be needed to keep everything running.
The six new solar panels should boost the station’s power by up to 30%.