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Anil Menon completes spacewalk for solar array modifications
It was Menon's first spacewalk.
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Staff Reporter - Fri, 07, Aug 2026
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ANIL MENON / NASA
NASA astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station after installing hardware for future power system upgrades.
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They completed the spacewalk at 3 p.m. EDT on Aug. 6.
It was Menon's first spacewalk and Meir's sixth.
Indian American astronaut Menon lifted off on an eight-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft on July 14.
During the 6-hour, 27-minute spacewalk, Meir and Menon completed their primary objectives, which included preparing the 3B power channel.
This work will enable the future installation of roll-out solar arrays, called IROSA, to provide additional power for the orbiting laboratory, supporting critical systems and the safe, controlled deorbit of the space station.
This was the 281st spacewalk in support of space station assembly, maintenance and upgrades.
Menon was born and raised in Minneapolis to Ukrainian and Indian immigrant parents.
Menon was selected by NASA to join the 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class. He reported for duty in January 2022. Menon was SpaceX's first flight surgeon, helping to launch its first humans into space during the Demo-2 mission and building a medical organization to support human spaceflight during future missions. Prior to that, he served NASA as the crew flight surgeon for various expeditions aboard the International Space Station.
Menon is an actively practicing emergency medicine physician with fellowship training in wilderness medicine. As a physician, he was a first responder during the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the 2015 earthquake in Nepal and the 2011 Reno Air Races crash.
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