sourceHouston, Texas - Two US astronauts on Friday put the finishing touches on the installation of a solar power system for the International Space Station in the third and final spacewalk of the Atlantis mission.
Astronauts Joe Tanner and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper finished the installation of a set of solar arrays on the orbiting ISS during nearly seven hours in space.
The pair deployed a radiator on the solar structure and repaired wireless television antennas.
They also made preparations for future spacewalks by fellow astronauts and cosmonauts as the Atlantis mission marks the resumption of construction of the International Space Station (ISS) after the 2003 space shuttle Discover disaster.
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