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Final Roll-Out Array Completes ISS Power Upgrade

A nearly seven-hour spacewalk concluded the installation of eight additional solar arrays.

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Source: NASA, 2026-11-05.

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Read and understand · 1/2What did the eighteen spacewalks support?

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Preparing equipment and installing the arrays. The eighteen spacewalks prepared equipment and installed the arrays.

Clue: According to NASA, preparations for the upgrade began in 2021 and required 18 spacewalks to ready equipment and install the eight arrays. The new arrays supplement the station's existing solar power system.

Read and understand · 2/2How long did the November 5 spacewalk last?

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Six hours and 59 minutes. NASA recorded six hours and 59 minutes.

Clue: NASA estimates that the upgrades increase the station's generating capacity from 160 to roughly 215 kilowatts. Thursday's spacewalk lasted six hours and 59 minutes.

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The new arrays supplement existing solar power; Menon and Kutryk installed the last one.

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