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Spacewalking astronauts tackle more solar panel advance work – KTRK-TV
A pair of astronauts are spacewalking for the second time this week to get the International Space Station ready for new solar panels.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — For the second time this week, a pair of astronauts floated outside Friday to get the International Space Station ready for new solar panels.NASA’s Kate Rubins and Japan’s Soichi Noguchi headed toward the unfinished work from Sunday’s spacewalk, located on the far port end of the orbiting lab. They needed to finish installing mounting brackets and struts, and tighten some sticky bolts.
The equipment will support the first set of improved solar panels, due to arrive in…
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