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NASA to preview ISS spacewalks 100 and 101 at Oct. 20 news conference

Partly verified · 11/12 supported1 cited · 1 min read

nasa.gov reports that NASA will hold a news conference on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. EDT at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to preview two upcoming ISS spacewalks, 100 and 101, for solar array installation and power augmentation . nasa.gov reports that the conference will be streamed online through NASA’s live‑stream platforms . nasa.gov reports that U.S. media must contact the Johnson newsroom by 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, and phone participants must request dial‑in details by the same deadline, with questions submitted at least 15 minutes before the start . nasa.gov reports that participants include Gaurang Patel, operations integration manager for the Low Earth Orbit Program, and Garrett Hehn, spacewalk flight director for the Flight Operations Directorate . nasa.gov reports that during U.S. spacewalk 100, astronaut Anil Menon and CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk will exit the Quest airlock to install and deploy equipment for the solar array upgrade .

Why it matters. nasa.gov reports that the preview will let media and the public follow the upcoming ISS solar‑array upgrades, which will increase the station’s power capacity .

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