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KSC-08pd1857

NASA / KSC · 2008-07-01 · photograph (digital archive)

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, space shuttle Discovery's robotic arm is moved into place for installation in the payload bay. Scheduled to launch on the STS-119 mission, Discovery will carry the S6 truss segment to complete the 361-foot-long backbone of the International Space Station. The truss includes the fourth pair of solar array wings and electronics that convert sunlight to power for the orbiting laboratory. A launch date has not yet been determined.

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Credit lineKSC-08pd1857. NASA/KSC, 2008-07-01. Public domain. ID: KSC-08pd1857.

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