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What to know about Watch: Nasa astronauts conduct 6.5-hour spacewalk outside ISS

Watch: Nasa astronauts conduct 6.5-hour spacewalk outside ISS Nasa astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir ventured outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk on Thursday to install mounting hardware.

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What happened

Watch: Nasa astronauts conduct 6.5-hour spacewalk outside ISS Nasa astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir ventured outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk on Thursday to install mounting hardware.

Why it matters

The hardware will prepare the station’s 3B power channel for the future installation of new roll-out solar arrays.

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Claim 1: “The spacewalk lasted 6.5 hours.”
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Multiple independent sources report the duration of the spacewalk as 6.5 hours (one source specifies 6 hours and 27 minutes, which rounds to 6.5).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Expedition 74 was the 74th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-27 on 9 December 2025 with NASA astronaut Michael Finc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_74
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Expedition 75 is the 75th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-28 on 26 July 2026 with NASA astronaut Jessica Meir tak…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_75
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sophie Marie Laurence Adenot (French pronunciation: [sɔfi ad(ə)no]; born 5 July 1982) is a French engineer, helicopter pilot, and astronaut. She holds the rank of colonel in the French Air and Space F…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Adenot
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Claim 2: “The hardware will prepare the station’s 3B power channel for the future installation of new roll-out solar arrays.”
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Multiple sources explicitly state that the mounting hardware was installed on the 3B power channel to prepare for the future installation of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSA).
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web search NEUTRAL — Mission to prepare ISS for new solar arrays.In a statement, NASA said the astronaut duo will prepare the orbital laboratory for the future installation of the International Space Station Roll-Out Sola…
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/anil-menon-nasa-firs…
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web search NEUTRAL — Their primary task was to install mounting hardware on the 3B power channel, located on the Starboard 6 truss segment. According to NASA, the work will enable the future installation of International …
https://tmv.in/article/nasas-anil-menon-completes-first-spac…
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web search NEUTRAL — BBC News reports Astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir ventured out to install a mounting hardware for the future addition of solar arrays to the space station. “The spacewalk lasted 6.5 hours.”
https://aiaa.org/2026/08/07/nasa-astronauts-complete-spacewa…
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Claim 3: “Nasa astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir ventured outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk on Thursday to install mounting hardware.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that NASA astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir performed a spacewalk on a Thursday to install mounting hardware.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Expedition 74 was the 74th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-27 on 9 December 2025 with NASA astronaut Michael Finc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_74
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Expedition 75 is the 75th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-28 on 26 July 2026 with NASA astronaut Jessica Meir tak…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_75
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The NASA Astronaut Corps is a unit of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that selects, trains, and provides astronauts as crew members for U.S. and international sp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Corps
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