If there are enough of them, these solar panels can completely power the system, allowing an upward-facing BPT to operate without being tied into the ISS's power grid and keeping the approach ...

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"One of the most powerful solar flares that caused a strong geomagnetic storm on Earth have had no effect on the ISS operation, so the station’s orbit does not need being corrected," the Russian ...

I'm an astronaut based here at the European Space Agency in Germany, and from December 2015, to June 2016, I spent six months orbiting Earth on the International Space Station. TIM:When I was up ...