ISS Goes Solar

SumDog writes "The international space station's newest power source, a set of solar wings, made its debut yesterday. The solar array is part of a new 17.5-ton space station segment that was connected to the orbiting outpost during a spacewalk Monday."

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Here's a real link.

[pavon]

Here is a link to a story with a little more content and pictures of the new unfurled solar panels.

Nuclear power and spacecraft

[Fuji Kitakyusho]

The required technology:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoel ectric_generator

The best source of information.

[GreggBz]

So why do these stories about NASA, the ISS etc.. so rarely link to nasa.gov?

You can go here and get much better, more detailed information about the solar panels, the crew, the rest of the mission, watch live video, etc. Your tax dollars pay for it, you should use it.

It is the most comprehensive site for news in information regarding, imagine this, NASA. The only instance where it's probably not appropriate is when there is some requirement for investigative reporting, otherwise, things like the Boston Globe are likely to give the watered down, science lite AP version of what NASA tells them.