Spacewalkers run out of time before unrolling new space station solar array
Source: Spaceflight Now
Date Published: 06/16/2021
Two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station Wednesday and attached a rolled-up solar array, the first of six intended to boost the lab’s power back to factory fresh levels. But a spacesuit glitch and then an interference issue with the array mechanism prevented them from extending the new panel as planned.
