Saturday, November 03, 2007

Live in orbit: Deployment bid under way














The joined crews of shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station are deploying the repaired solar wing, and so far, so good.

The array is made up of 31.5 accordion-like sections -- called bays. It already was 24 bays deployed, and now it is being carefully unfurled a half-bay at a time.

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