Space station opens solar wings
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Huge new solar wings have been unfurled on the International Space Station.
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By RASHA MADKOUR, Associated Press writer  HOUSTON  NASA unfurled the international space station's new solar wings for the first time Thursday in what looked like the stretching of a giant accordion in orbit.  "Big day for space station.
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The largest window built for use in space has been completed, promising a spectacular view from the International Space Station.
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NASA officials  have given the green light for a June 8 launch of the space shuttle Atlantis to  deliver new solar arrays to the International Space Station (ISS).
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By Associated Press  HOUSTON -- NASA began retracting an old solar array on the international space station Wednesday to make way for a new array, hoping to avoid the problems that plagued removal of another power- generating wing last year.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space station flight controllers on Tuesday began the delicate task of unfurling the outpost's new solar power wings, which two spacewalking astronauts installed during the first major task of shuttle Atlantis' 13-day flight.
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Discovery's astronauts used lasers and digital cameras Wednesday to examine the shuttle's wings for any signs of launch damage as they gained on the international space station with every circling of Earth.
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Two astronauts are hooking up a 35,000-pound truss with a solar array that will provide additional power to the International Space Station.
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By Traci Watson  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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The installation of new solar panels on the International Space Station by the shuttle Atlantis crew marks just one stage in the difficult task of completing the orbital laboratory by 2010.
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NASA began slowly unfurling two new  solar energy arrays on the International Space Station on  Thursday in a delicate operation that was temporarily delayed  by a software glitch.
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The US space shuttle Atlantis headed for the International Space Station early Saturday on this year&#39;s first mission, aimed at boosting the station&#39;s power-generating capacity.
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The two astronauts hooked up the newest part of the International Space Station, a 35,000-pound truss with a solar array.
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MOSCOW. June 17 (Interfax-AVN) - NASA astronauts Patrick G. Forrester and Steven R. Swanson have begun works in open space on Sunday. "Astronauts will activate the turning mechanism of solar panels.
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HOUSTON, June 12 -- The international space station deployed  a new power source Tuesday, unfolding a pair of 115-foot-long solar wings like an accordion window blind.
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Two astronauts aboard the orbiting International Space Station on Wednesday replaced an electric motor on one of three solar wings that provide power to the station during a seven-hour-long spacewalk, NASA said.
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Spacewalking astronauts found evidence of damage to a joint that allows solar panels on the International Space Station to rotate to face the sun.