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NASA and Boeing have announced that humanity s celestial outpost will soon install six new solar panels, each capable of producing 20kW.
The panels use Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) tech tested at the ISS in 2017. ROSA panels roll open in space like a tape measure , a technique that allows for more compact designs than is possible with rigid panels.
Even with ROSA tech, installing the new panels will require three resupply missions and a dozen spacewalks. The launches will be conducted by SpaceX and start in 2021.
The ISS has been in orbit above the Earth for decades. Power for the space station and the experiments onboard comes from four pairs of solar arrays designed
NASA sending crew supplies, equipment to ISS astronauts via SpaceX Dragon spacecraft
NASA sending crew supplies, equipment to ISS astronauts via SpaceX Dragon spacecraft
The SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft, Which Will Be Launched Atop The Falcon 9 Rocket, Will Carry And Deliver Crew Supplies, Equipment And Scientific Research To Astronauts Who Live Aboard The ISS.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Bindiya Bhatt | Updated on: 20 May 2017, 05:21:50 PM
Washington:
US space agency NASA has said that the SpaceX is all set to launch its Dragon spacecraft for the 11th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft is scheduled to be launched on June 1 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre.