On their fourth and final trip outside the International Space Station, US astronaut Robert Curbeam and Sweden’s Christer Fuglesang convinced a misbehaving solar panel to fold up nicely. The team suited up and began their spacewalk on Monday at 2:10 p.m. EST. With the solar panel safely folded away, the station’s new panels are free to rotate to face the Sun and generate the maximum amount of electricity.
Discovery undocks with the ISS at 5:10 p.m. EST Tuesday. The landing in Florida is scheduled for 3:36 p.m. EST Friday.
(Source: NASA)