Astronauts start the heavy duty move of power tower

SPACEWALKING astronauts unhooked a 35,000-pound girder from the international space station yesterday, starting the process of moving the solar power tower to another part of the orbiting outpost.

Astronauts start the heavy duty move of power tower

The two spacewalkers Scott Parazynski and Daniel Tani started their six-and-a-half-hour jaunt by disconnecting cables and unscrewing bolts that connected the girder to the space station’s backbone.

During their tasks they guided astronauts Stephanie Wilson and Douglas Wheelock as they used the station’s robotic arm to detach the huge truss.

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