Spacewalkers unlock rotary joint so ISS arrays can follow the sun

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Texas - A pair of spacewalkers from the shuttle Atlantis freed the first of two big rotary joints that will keep the International Space Station's solar arrays pointed at the sun, capping a 7-hour, 11-minute extravehicular activity (EVA) on Sept. 13. It wasn't easy. At one...

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