NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Steve Bowen is pictured outside the International Space Station during his eighth career spacewalk, during which he routed cables and installed insulation to ready the orbital outpost for its next set of roll-out solar arrays.
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Two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station will conduct a pair of spacewalks Friday, June 9, and Thursday, June 15, to install two new solar arrays.
NASA will discuss the upcoming spacewalks during a news conference at 12 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 1. Live coverage of the news conference and spacewalks will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agencys website.
News conference participants are:
- Dina Contella, operations integration manager, International Space Station Program, NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston
- Diane Dailey, spacewalk flight director, NASA Johnson
- Megan Shutilka, spacewalk officer, NASA Johnson
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