NASA tackles station's jammed solar array
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NASA ground controllers tried to free a jammed solar panel on the International Space Station on Friday, while astronauts prepared for a final spacewalk to rewire the outpost's power grid.
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By Janese Heavin, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Feb. 7--A system failure caused some glitches on the station, and the shuttle traveled a little too far into space, directors say, but for the most part the Columbia Aeronautic and Space Association mission is going well.
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NASA said on Thursday that a new power feed could be the source of potentially catastrophic computer glitches aboard the $100 billion International Space Station but it hoped the problem would be resolved.
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HOUSTON -- Two spacewalkers working outside the International Space Station (ISS) shook a troublesome solar array late Saturday to help fold it away, but ultimately ran out of time during an extended spacewalk to finish rewiring the orbital laboratory.
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - Two Discovery astronauts set out Monday on the shuttle mission's fourth spacewalk to unstick a jammed solar panel array on the International Space Station.  U.S.
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WASHINGTON - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are gearing up for an extra spacewalk to tackle solar array joint malfunctions outside their orbital laboratory.
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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.The first pair of solar wings was fully deployed by early afternoon.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Dec. 16 -- A pair of spacewalkers manually shaking a stubborn solar array managed to free some stuck grommets Saturday, but not enough to properly fold the array into a box.
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By Mike Schneider  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A pair of spacewalkers manually shaking a stubborn solar array managed to free some stuck grommets Saturday, but not enough to fold the array up into a box properly.
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Astronauts on Saturday prepared for a spacewalk to finish rewiring the International Space Station's power grid, while NASA, stymied in its efforts to free a jammed solar panel, considered turning to the spacewalkers for help.
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An array of solar panels that stubbornly refused to fold back into their box threatened to derail an attempt to rewire the International Space Station.
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station ran into a jam trying to fold up one of the space station's solar wing panels on Wednesday, a key step in the mission to rewire the outpost's electrical system.
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The Discovery crew may have to perform an unscheduled spacewalk to fix a stuck solar panel on the space station.
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By Traci Watson  NASA is scrambling to develop alternate ways to fold up a balky solar panel that, in its current position, would halt construction of the International Space Station.
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station abandoned troubleshooting efforts on a jammed solar panel on Wednesday, leaving it half extended, and went forward with the next steps in their mission to rewire the outpost's electrical system.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After almost 50 start-and-stop commands, dozens of engineering huddles and seven hours of working on the task, NASA has decided to leave a 115-foot solar wing on the international space station halfway retracted.
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By John Schwartz New York Times News Service  HOUSTON -- Two astronauts made spacewalking look easy on Tuesday as they hooked up the newest part of the International Space Station, a 35,000-pound truss with a solar array that will provide additional power to the station.