Astronauts Install New Roll-Out Solar Array on Space Station

On Oct. 29, 2026, Joshua Kutryk and Anil Menon installed a new roll-out solar array during a spacewalk at the International Space Station. They also performed get-ahead work.

The spacewalk is dated Oct. 29, 2026.

Joshua Kutryk is a Canadian Space Agency astronaut, and Anil Menon is a NASA astronaut.

The two installed a new roll-out solar array.

Kutryk and Menon also performed get-ahead work.

The International Space Station was above the South Atlantic Ocean, with an orbit given as 267 miles.

The station has eight arrays, and its payload includes a roll-out solar array.

The verified facts record a dated spacewalk in which NASA and Canadian Space Agency astronauts installed a new roll-out solar array on the International Space Station.

For readers tracking agency crew operations, the report supplies named astronauts, the hardware installed, and additional get-ahead work.

On Oct. 3, 2026, this site covered Crew Dragon Grace's docking and Crew-13's early arrival at the station's Harmony module. The current report continues this site's coverage of operations aboard the International Space Station.

The next spacewalk is planned for Nov. 5, 2026. The eighth and final roll-out solar array is scheduled for that date.