1. For now, the station is also attached to the space shuttle Endeavour, whose crew is completing electrical hookups for the solar wings. 2. He and a fellow crew member, Joe Kerwin, had to work in the heat of the sun to free a stuck solar wing on Skylab. 3. The astronauts on Columbia gave the space telescope new solar wings, a better central power unit and the most advanced optical camera. 4. The climb also also afforded Noriega a chance to inspect a tension system of steel cables and pulleys on the right array of the new solar wing. 5. The device will measure voltage levels outside the station and the potential for a dangerous electrical discharge as a result of addition of the powerful solar wing. 6. They were careful to keep their hands away from the braided wire cables of the solar wing so their gloves would not snag or rip. 7. This week, the station is also attached to the space shuttle Endeavour, whose crew on Tuesday worked to complete electrical hookups for the solar wings. 8. Two more spacewalks are planned this week by Tanner and Noriega, on Tuesday and Thursday, to finish wiring the solar wings and install other equipment. 9. A fresh team of spacewalking astronauts floated outside Tuesday to hang another new, blue solar wing on the Hubble Space Telescope. 10. A three-time space flier, Tanner will perform three spacewalks to rig the space station with new solar wings. |