STS-119 S6 Truss Solar Array Deploy part 1

Commands were sent to begin deploying the Starboard 6 (S6) 1B solar array wing at 11:06 a.m. EDT. The arrays were extended to about 49 percent, where they stopped, allowing the Sun to "bake" the panels and prevent the accordion-like sections from sticking together. About 40 minutes from now, they will unfurl to their full 240-foot width. At about 12:30 p.m., the 3B on the other side of S6 will be extended in a similar fashion.

Commander Lee Archambault leads Discovery's crew of seven, along with Pilot Tony Antonelli, and Mission Specialists Joseph Acaba, John Phillips, Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata on mission STS-119 to the International Space Station.

The STS-119 crew members are flying the S6 truss segment and installing the final set of power-generating solar arrays to the International Space Station. The S6 truss will complete the backbone of the station and provide one-fourth of the total power needed to support a crew of six.

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