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Cape Canaveral, KOMPAS.com - Two astronauts successfully installed the device last solar wing panels to the space station international (iss), Thursday (19 / 3). Mission is a primary mission of joining with the Discovery iss.

Steven Swanson, and Richard Arnold II cable work to connect the solar panel wings. "Mission is not running surfing that we previously expected, but the crew successfully fulfill its tasks well," said Joseph Acaba to Mission Control.

Installation of solar wing panels worth 300 million U.S. dollars out of this business need in the body and outside iss. Arnold Swanson and colleagues to help them on the plane back alik-Discovery-iss with carefully move the panel seberat high as 14,000 kilograms and is 14 meters to the position of a robot arm.

Larger mission of the astronauts akan diemban is spread solar wing panel is Friday (20 / 3). This is the last solar wing panel that is installed on iss the age of 10 years to maximize the energy in the international space station is.

Already there are 6 solar wing panel on the iss. Akan latest panel to increase the amount of solar wing panels to 8.

Before re-entry to the Discovery mission after the spacewalk, Swanson and Arnold must release the lock and hold the solar panel wings. This is done to allow the wing panel is away today.

Antariksa U.S. Agency, NASA requires additional electrical energy to be supplied by solar wing panels to increase the amount of research conducted by iss. This step will be accompanied by the addition of crew iss up to 6, which is estimated to be realized in 2 months.