India, July 28 -- In a major milestone, Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon is set to undertake his first spacewalk, scheduled to take place in the coming week. Menon will be tasked with stepping out of the International Space Station to upgrade solar arrays, replace a communications antenna, and fix new data and power cables to support the orbital lab operations.

NASA said, in a statement on Monday, that Menon is set to undertake three spacewalks beginning August 6 along with astronaut Jessica Meir and prepare the orbital lab for the future installation of the International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA) later in the year, reported news agency PTI. The IROSA will provide additional power to support critical station opera...