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Cargo ship reaches space station despite jammed solar panel

Cargo ship reaches space station despite jammed solar panel

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A Northrop Grumman capsule delivered several tons of supplies to the International Space Station on Wednesday despite a jammed solar panel. The shipment arrived two days after launching from Virginia. Only one of the cargo ship’s two round solar panels opened following liftoff. Flight controllers tried in vain to open the stuck panel, but managed […]

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Cygnus cargo spacecraft could reach space station with just one solar panel: NASA

Cygnus cargo spacecraft could reach space station with just one solar panel: NASA

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A Northrop Grumman rocket successfully launched on November 7, carrying a Cygnus cargo spacecraft dubbed S.S Sally Ride into orbit. But after successfully entering orbit, the spacecraft carrying more than 3,700 kilograms of cargo meant for the International Space Station could only deploy one of its two solar arrays. NASA says it will attempt to […]

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