Alpha team applies lessons as it deploys second solar array
Adapting to challenges that arose in deploying the first solar array for Space Station Alpha, NASA decided to unfold the second array more slowly, and in stages. The second deployment was expected to take about an hour, compared with the 13 minutes required to deploy the first array. NASA said the...
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