The International Space Station grew on 12th December 2006 when the STS-116 crew installed the P5 integrated truss segment.
The construction work was performed by STS-116 spacewalkers Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang and robot arm operators Joan Higginbotham and Sunita Williams. The P5 spacer segment's attachment to the P4 sets the stage for the relocation of the P6 and its set of solar arrays.
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zkjerpen 5 years ago
Fuglesang will be doing an extra spacewalk on Monday, trying to retract the P6 arrays.
BrunoTheQuestionable 5 years ago