Cosmonauts delay risky solar array deployment to keep lights on in Mir.
Cosmonauts aboard the Mir space station will wait until May to move the first of two solar arrays from the Kristall to the Kvant module to ensure adequate power in the maneuver fails. Originally, the Mission Control Center-Moscow had scheduled the shift for March in an effort to boost the power...
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