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STS-97 / Endeavour Patch
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During its 11-day mission, the crew of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-97 saw the International Space Station spread its wings -- giant solar arrays that quintupled the station's electrical power. The 73-meter (240-foot) long solar array structure -- attached and unfolded by Endeavour's international crew of five -- is the longest human-made object ever to fly in space. Endeavour carried aloft the U.S.-developed solar arrays, associated electronics, batteries, cooling radiator and support structure. The entire 15.4-metric ton (17-ton) package is called the P6 Integrated Truss Segment, and is the heaviest and largest element yet delivered to the station aboard a space shuttle. The addition of the huge solar arrays clearly distinguishes the International Space Station from any predecessor spacecraft. The arrays provide the station with more electrical power -- a key to successful modern research -- than anything that has flown before. Endeavour also was the first space shuttle to visit an inhabited International Space Station.
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