Solar Wing On ISS Ripped

Nasa is trying to assess the damage in a newly unfurled solar wing at the International Space Station (ISS). The panel is part of an array held inside a girder that was moved on Tuesday from its temporary site on the platform to a new, permanent location. Ground controllers and two spacewalking astronauts watched with concern as the second of two wings in the array opened to reveal a rip along its edge.
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