Solar batteries on Mir working following 'internal' spacewalk

The system of solar batteries on Mir began working yesterday, Itar-Tass reported. The system was repaired during an "internal" spacewalk in the Spektr module Wednesday (DAILY, Sept. 17). Two of Spektr's three functional batteries have automatically oriented themselves toward the Sun. The third...

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