Astronauts try to fold space station's solar wing
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station began the delicate task of folding up one of the station's solar power wing panels on Wednesday to make way for a new set to track the sun for power.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Spacewalking astronauts coaxed a balky solar wing panel on the International Space Station into its storage box on Monday, capping a tedious but ultimately successful mission by the shuttle Discovery crew.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle astronauts left their ship for a fourth spacewalk on Monday in a last-ditch effort to free a jammed solar wing panel on the International Space Station and complete every job NASA wanted for its final flight of the year.
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station planned on Friday to try to free a stuck solar panel by agitating it from inside the station on a day otherwise devoted to resting up for a third spacewalk and unloading supplies from the shuttle Discovery.
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Spacewalking astronauts capped a complex rewiring of the International Space Station's power grid on Saturday by easing a jammed solar wing panel, the only hiccup in NASA's most difficult construction mission to date.
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By Rasha Madkour  HOUSTON  --  Anyone who's ever tried to fold a well-used map can probably relate to the challenge Discovery astronauts face in the next phase of their mission.
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Astronauts have failed to dislodge a stuck solar array on the International Space Station, setting the stage for a likely  fourth space walk just to solve the problem.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA asked an astronaut aboard the international space station to exercise vigorously Friday, hoping the rapid movement would jostle a half-retracted solar wing that refuses to fold up properly.
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - Anyone who's ever tried to fold a well-used map can probably relate to the challenge Discovery astronauts face in the next phase of their mission.
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Astronauts put the final touches on a  new solar power unit for the International Space Station on  Sunday in their last spacewalk before the scheduled departure  of the shuttle Atlantis on Tuesday.
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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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US astronauts begin their second spacewalk to fold up old solar panels on the International Space Station.
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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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NASA unfurled the international space station's new solar wings for the first time Thursday in what looked like a giant accordion being stretched out in orbit.
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HOUSTON -- A reluctant solar wing is finally furled atop the International Space Station (ISS) after two spacewalking astronauts poked and prodded it with tape-covered tools.
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HOUSTON -- Two astronauts primed the International Space Station&#39;s (ISS) newest solar wings for full operations Sunday during an extra spacewalk by NASA&#39;s Atlantis shuttle crew.
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Astronauts on space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station grappled with a balky solar array in preparation of two spacewalks to rewire the orbiting laboratory.