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Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk says seeing Earth during spacewalk 'changed' him

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Morris, E. (2026, October 30). Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk says seeing Earth during spacewalk 'changed' him. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canadian-astronaut-joshua-kutryk-says-seeing-earth-during-spacewalk-changed-him/article_a38b31ad-780a-5351-9499-396097f54e39.html

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Joshua Kutryk, a Canadian astronaut, expressed feeling emotionally changed after viewing Earth during a seven-hour spacewalk on Thursday. During this extravehicular activity, Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon installed seven out of eight new solar panels on the International Space Station.

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Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk conducted his first spacewalk on October 29, 2026, becoming the fifth Canadian to perform this feat since David Saint-Jacques in 2019. Accompanied by NASA astronaut Anil Menon, they spent nearly seven hours outside the International Space Station (ISS) at an altitude of roughly 400 kilometres above Earth, installing solar arrays to enhance the station's power generation capacity from 160 kilowatts to 215 kilowatts. The spacewalk marked the 100th such mission at the ISS and was crucial for upgrading the aging power system with state-of-the-art roll-out solar blankets (IROSAs). Kutryk expressed profound emotional impact during the walk, noting that seeing Earth from space profoundly changed him.

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Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk says he was overwhelmed with emotion looking at the Earth during a seven-hour spacewalk on Thursday. asserted

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Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon successfully installed seven of eight new solar panels on the International Space Station during the spacewalk. asserted

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Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk says seeing Earth during spacewalk 'changed' him

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