May 1, 2025, 3:56 PM 0:54 The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony module’s space-facing port on Nov. 8, 2021. NASA Two NASA astronauts have completed a spacewalk, stepping outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday to take part in U.S. Spacewalk 93. It is the first all-female spacewalk since 2023 and just the fifth in NASA's history. The spacewalk began around 8:40 a.m. ET and lasted about six-and-a-half hours. NASA began live coverage at 6:30 a.m. ET on NASA+. MORE: Polaris Dawn astronauts complete historic 1st commercial spacewalk Astronauts and flight engineers Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers relocated a space station communications antennae and installed a mounting bracket before an additional set of solar panels are put in place, according to NASA. The panels, known as ISS Roll Out Solar Arrays, are lightweight power sources that provide more energy than traditional solar arrays and weigh much less. NASA astronaut Anne McClain, SpaceX Crew-10 Commander and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer, poses for a crew portrait at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. | NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, SpaceX Crew-10 Pilot and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer, poses for a crew portrait at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Bill Stafford, Helen Arase Vargas/NASA The arrays will arrive at the ISS later this year when a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft performs a commercial resupply mission and will be installed during a future spacewalk, according to NASA. NASA says the arrays will provide power generation capability by up to 30%, increasing the ISS's total available power from 160 kilowatts to up to 215 kilowatts. During a press conference last week, Diana Trujillo, spacewalk flight director at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, said the antennae is being shifted a foot and a half to "clear one of the antennas from structural blockage." At the press conference, Bill Spetch, operations integration manager for NASA's ISS Program, said the antennae allows the ISS to communicate with visiting vehicles. MORE: Elon Musk calls for deorbiting of the ISS. Here's what the space station does