olar wings attached b astronauts .CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts attached the world's largest, most powerful set of solar panels to the international space station yesterday, then watched with delight and relief as the first glittering wing unfurled. It was a task as monumental as the wings them- Selves: The future of space station construction hinged on the astronauts' ability to install the $600 , nillion solar panels, which will provide much need- ed power to the newly inhabited outpost. With a few computer keystrokes, shuttle skipper }irent Jett Jr. commanded the right wing to open 'oore than five hours after it was bolted onto space station Alpha by spacewalkers Joe Tanner and Carlos Noriega. "Ah, it looks beautiful, Noriega exclaimed as the wing finally opened after a delay caused by a com- puter software problem. -"More power to the station," Tanner said. Eight minutes into the operation, the wing was wo-thirds of the way out. "Man, you mean there's more?" Tanner asked. It took less than 14 minutes for the folded wing to spread all the way out to 115 feet. Counting the cen- tr beams, the solar panels' wingspan was to mea- sure 240 feet once the second panel was opened. ,A computer software problem initially left Jett unable to command the latches and retention pins on the wings to open so the panels could unfurl. New software was sent up, and Jett was able to open all NATION/WORLD The Michigan Daily - Monday. December 4, 2000 - 7A Dems demand equa power in split Senate l -k AP PHOTO Astronaut Carlos Noriega makes his way around the solar power generator on the intermational space station during a spacewalk yesterday. The solar module is the most powerful system ever deployed In space. WASHINGTON (AP) - Given the prospect of an evenly split Senate next year, a top Democrat demanded yester- day that the parties share power - from co-majority leaders to committee chair- men - "whether people like it or not." "The division of these committees is going to have to be equal," Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.) said on CBS' "Face the Nation." "There's going to have to be co- majority leaders. The leadership of the Senate is going to have to reflect the voting of the people of the states, and that was an evenly divided Senate." Republicans now control the Senate through a 54-46 edge, with Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi the majority leader. But Democrats gained enough ground in the Nov. 7 election to create a possi- ble 50-50 split, depending on the out- come of the presidential race. If Republican George W. Bush v ins the White House and Dick Cheffcv becomes vice president, RepublicX s will maintain nominal control bec~s' Cheney could break any ties. If Democratic Sen. Joseph Lie y- man of Connecticut wins the vice presidency, the state's GOP gover11r likely would appoint a Republican to his vacated seat, giving Republica sum 51-49 advantage. "Whether people like it or nt, whether they want it or not, xe're going to have to learn to get along, come up with bipartisan solutions, and have power sharing in the United States Senate," Torricelli said. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky ), responding on CNN's "Late Editi7n pointed out that the GOP would retain "a very slim majority" howevenc. e Bush-Gore race turns out. the latches and pins but one, on the left wing. Flight controllers debated what to do about the stuck pin. At the start of their spacewalk, Tanner and Norie- ga had helped Canadian astronaut Marc Garneau, the shuttle robot arm operator, line up the wings for installation. The spacewalkers, positioned on either side of the attachment point, gave Garneau instruc- tions for closing the final 3 feet. With no direct view himself, Garneau needed the spacewalkers' eyes. He also needed their hands to drive the capture latches. Before the wings could be unfurled to their full 240 feet and begin generating electricity, Tanner and Noriega had to release all the bolts and pins that were used to secure the payload for Thursday's launch aboard Endeavour. The .blue and gold-colored wings, made of sili- cone cells and thin Kapton layers, were folded like an accordion for liftoff. Each wing was expected to take 13 minutes to spread. Alpha's shiny wings, covering half an acre, will be the largest structure ever deployed in space and will make the station one of the brightest objects in the night sky. The larger the wings, the more sunlight that can be collected for conversion into electricity. Each wing is 38 feet wide and covered with 32,800 solar cells, and has power-storing batteries and radiators at the base. 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