Atlantis: Mission Accomplished

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on September 24, 2006

The Atlantis crew reached Kennedy Space Center at 18:21 on 21 September 2006. What have they done? P3 & P4 solar truss segments have been installed to the Internation Space Station. This was done in 3 spacewalks.

Now, ISS has more 60 kilowatts power to consume. Do you want it to be equipped with your future “orbital house”? It’s such a waste that they can actually generate power for 30 average homes, based on comsumption of 2 kilowatts each.

To learn more about the P3 & P4 solar truss segments, please visit NASA.

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$\:d/$ more » [quote comment=""][...] Their mission, STS-116, is to rewire the International Space Station. Since it went into orbit in 1998, the space station has been running on a temporary electrical system. After the installation of two new solar array panels in September, all the pieces are now in place to switch to the permanent system. [...][/quote]