Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon began a spacewalk from the International Space Station on Nov. 5 to install the eighth and final roll-out solar array in a power upgrade, according to Space.com and a Canadian Press report carried by Global News^1,2.

Global News, citing Canadian Press, said the pair stepped into vacuum after lengthy preparations and that Kutryk exited first, marked by a red stripe on his suit legs². Space.com, publishing a Canadian Space Agency photo from their Oct. 29 excursion, said the same two astronauts would go outside again Nov. 5 to finish the array work¹.

On Oct. 29, Kutryk and Menon installed a new roll-out solar array and completed preparatory tasks for the later walk, Space.com reported¹. Canadian Press said they successfully installed seven of eight new arrays that day and that today's work targets the remaining unit on the starboard side of the station's truss².

Space.com said the Oct. 29 walk was the first by a Canadian since 2019 and that the station was about 267 miles (430 kilometers) above the South Atlantic when Kutryk was photographed¹. Canadian Press identified Kutryk as the fifth Canadian to perform a spacewalk and said the previous Canadian EVA was by David Saint-Jacques in 2019².

NASA officials have said the eight new arrays will boost the station's available power by 30 percent, according to Space.com¹. The Canadian Space Agency, as cited by Canadian Press, described spacewalks as among the most difficult and dangerous astronaut tasks, used to repair or install equipment².

Kutryk and other SpaceX Crew-13 members launched to the station on Oct. 1 for a mission expected to last six months, Canadian Press reported². Space.com did not recap the Crew-13 launch in its photo item¹. Duration and outcome of the Nov. 5 spacewalk were not yet reported in either account^1,2.