News Archive / Tagged: iROSA

• Redwire awarded follow-on contract for more ISS solar arrays

  Derek RichardsonJune 30th, 2023

  Redwire Corporation announced it was awarded a contract from Boeing to develop two additional solar arrays for the International Space Station.

• Spacewalkers finish installation of 3rd set of new solar arrays

  Derek RichardsonJune 15th, 2023

  During a pair of spacewalks over the last week, two astronauts completed installing a set of new solar arrays outside the International Space Station.

• CRS-28 Dragon launches toward International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonJune 5th, 2023

  SpaceX’s autonomous CRS-28 cargo Dragon spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station for a delivery of crew supplies and a pair of new solar arrays.

• Spacewalkers prep Space Station for future solar arrays

  Derek RichardsonMarch 15th, 2022

  Two NASA astronauts completed a spacewalk to prepare the International Space Station for a new set of solar arrays scheduled to arrive later this year.

• Astronauts complete deployment of 1st ISS roll-out solar array

  Derek RichardsonJune 21st, 2021

  Two International Space Station astronauts finished installing the first of six new roll-out solar arrays, ensuring the outpost will have a sufficient power supply over the next decade.

• Problems prevent spacewalkers from deploying new solar array

  Derek RichardsonJune 16th, 2021

  A spacesuit glitch and an alignment issue prevented astronauts from fully installing a new solar array on the exterior of the International Space Station.

• SpaceX’s CRS-22 Dragon arrives at ISS with new solar arrays

  Derek RichardsonJune 5th, 2021

  Some 40 hours after launch, SpaceX’s CRS-22 cargo Dragon docked with the International Space Station with new science and solar arrays for the orbiting laboratory.

• SpaceX CRS-22 Dragon launches with new solar arrays for ISS

  Matt HaskellJune 3rd, 2021

  Lifting off atop a brand new Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX sent its CRS-22 Dragon spacecraft into orbit on a 1.5-day trek to the International Space Station.

• Spacewalkers begin prepping space station for new solar arrays

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 28th, 2021

  Expedition 64 flight engineers and NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover ventured outside the International Space Station for the first of two spacewalks to ready the outpost for new solar arrays later this year.