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CAPE CANAVERAL - Spacewalking astronauts coaxed a balky solar wing panel on the International Space Station into its storage box, capping a tedious but ultimately successful mission by the shuttle Discovery crew.
Progress was achingly slow, with spacewalkers Robert Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang taking about five hours to gently poke at the partly retracted panel with insulated tools and shake the storage box to free the stuck sections.
Astronauts on the station sent commands to reel in the panel, section by section. The 33m long span needed to be folded up so it could be moved.
Ground control teams sent advice on every aspect the operation.
- REUTERS
