Greg Chapman

Last week Astronauts aboard the space shuttle discovery docked at the international space station to prepare to move a seventeen and a half ton piece of solar panel from the shuttle to another area of the space station. The solar panel has been malfunctioning the past year because of limited space for the solar wings to expand. Astronauts hopes are for the solar panel to be moved and installed by the time European space agencies begin docking at the space station, (probably a good idea since where the solar panel was located is where those agencies would have to dock their space shuttles).

Well, it looks like it is a more complicated job then expected with the new found problems in the solar panel that will need future attention. Either way it is incredible that the Space Station is at the point that it is today. Before we know it the station will be complete.

Can't wait for the next velcro or microwave oven!

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