Space Station Working to Fold Solar Array
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International Space Station flight engineer Thomas Reiter performed exercises to try to correct a stubborn solar array, NASA officials in Houston said.
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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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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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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station readied for a fourth spacewalk on Monday to unstick a jammed solar array in an extra excursion that extended the space shuttle Discovery's mission at the orbiting outpost by a day.
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Astronauts made a tricky job look easy  on Tuesday when they used a robot arm to latch a 17.5 tonne  solar power girder to its new home at the end of the  International Space Station.
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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.
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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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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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Nasa assesses damage to a newly unfurled solar panel at the International Space Station (ISS).
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By Associated Press  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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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - 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 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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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Spacewalking astronauts  coaxed a balky solar wing panel on the International Space  Station into its storage box Monday, capping a tedious but  ultimately successful mission by the shuttle Discovery crew.
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The space shuttle Discoveryâs seven astronauts prepared Sunday for an unplanned fourth spacewalk to force a stubborn, half-retracted solar array to fold up.
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Astronauts made a tricky job look easy on Tuesday when they used a robot arm to latch a 17.5 tonne solar power girder to its new home at the end of the International Space Station.
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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.