When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Theupcoming deployment of two wing-like solar arrays outside the space station hasbeen the focus ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. STS-115 Spacewalker Guide Solid Stripes: Joseph Tanner No Stripes: Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ...

The STS-115 crew successfully completed the full deployment of the International Space Station’s new set of solar arrays at 8:44 a.m. EDT. The new arrays span a total of 240 feet and have a width of ...

HOUSTON — Four astronauts will turn the international space station into an orbital construction zone during three complicated spacewalks . Working in teams of two, the spacewalkers and their fellow ...

Astronauts on board Space Shuttle Atlantis today got a much deserved day off having completed three highly successful space walks that put the International Space Station back under construction.

It’s undocking day. The Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to begin moving away from the International Space Station at 7:50 a.m. CDT. Crew members will get a look at the results of their STS-115 ...