Space mission aims to fold up solar array
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Space shuttle astronauts visiting the International Space Station will attempt on Wednesday to fold up one of the two 6-year-old solar arrays which have been the sole power providers to the U.S. sections of the station,
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Despite all the vibrations of a German astronaut excercising, a solar array on the International Space Station remained stuck and could require a fourth spacewalk to fold it away, NASA has said.
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By Associated Press  HOUSTON -- A new set of solar panels gleamed in the sunlight Tuesday on the international space station as the freshly installed array started opening up.
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NASA began retracting via remote control a 115-foot solar panel on the international space station Wednesday, likening the tricky task to folding a road map back up and stuffing it in the glove compartment.
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station ran into a jam trying to fold up one of the station's solar wing panels on Wednesday, a key step in the mission to rewire the outpost's electrical system.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Two astronauts floated outside the international space station Saturday aiming to finish up rewiring the orbiting outpost and getting a stubborn solar array folded up so that a fourth, unplanned spacewalk isn't needed.  U.S.
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Space weather research The Japanese Space Agency's (JAXA) Solar-B mission is set to launch tonight from the Uchinoura Space Centre in Japan. The satellite, which will study the solar surface for clues to the causes of solar flares, will be placed into a 96 minute polar orbit around Earth.â¦
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On Thursday, astronauts from the Space Shuttle Discovery moved the International Space Station one step closer to completion by rerouting its power systems to use a new, more efficient solar array.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A pair of spacewalkers manually shaking a stubborn solar array managed to free some stuck grommets Saturday, but others got stuck and stalled the array's folding.
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By Mike Schneider  Instead of enjoying a relaxing day at the international space station, the space shuttle Discovery's seven astronauts prepared Sunday for an unplanned, fourth spacewalk to get a stubborn, half- retracted solar array to fold up.
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The residents of the International Space Station will soon be able to fire up lots of new electronic gadgets, thanks to two giant solar panels for the station that astronauts successfully unfolded Thursday.
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A spacecraft made of folded paper zooming through the skies may sound far-fetched, but Japanese scientists plan to launch paper planes from the International Space Station to see if they make it back to Earth.
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Look, Ma, no hands! The U.S. space agency's latest spacecraft can run an entire mission by itself. By Amit Asaravala.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Instead of enjoying a relaxing day at the international space station, the space shuttle Discovery's seven astronauts prepared Sunday for an unplanned, fourth spacewalk to get a stubborn, half-retracted solar array to fold up.
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The US space agency assesses damage to a newly unfurled solar wing at the International Space Station.
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NASA tried wiggling a half-retracted solar array by remote control Friday to get it to fold back into a box, hoping the maneuver would prevent a fourth, unscheduled spacewalk by Discovery astronauts.
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - Two astronauts stepped outside the international space station on an impromptu spacewalk Monday to try to fold up a stubborn, accordion-like solar array.