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NASA clears Menon and Kutryk for final solar-array spacewalk
The November 4 readiness decision follows final suit, tool and robotics preparations; installation remains scheduled for November 5.
Updated : Follow-up to the November 3 timing report: adds NASA’s November 4 go decision and completed final preparation record. The November 5 array installation remains scheduled.
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NASA has cleared Anil Menon and Joshua Kutryk for the spacewalk scheduled on November 5 to install the International Space Station’s eighth and final roll-out solar array. The agency’s November 4 update records the readiness decision.
The pair staged tools and spacesuits, reviewed robotic support with Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, and joined mission controllers for a final readiness conference, NASA reported.
Menon is an Indian-origin NASA astronaut; his agency biography states that he was born in Minneapolis to Ukrainian and Indian immigrants.
The clearance follows the timing revision covered in our November 3 report. NASA still schedules the outing for 8:30 a.m. EST, or 7 p.m. IST, on November 5, with about seven hours of work planned.
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The November 4 readiness decision follows final suit, tool and robotics preparations; installation remains scheduled for November 5. Read the full report: https://www.spaceexploration.in/news/anil-menon-final-spacewalk-readiness #SpaceExplorationNews #SpaceNews #SpaceMissions
