STORY WRITTEN FOR & USED WITH PERMISSIONPosted: October 30, 2007With verbal cues from spacewalkers Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock, robot arm operator Stephanie "Robeau" Wilson and Dan Tani carefully inched a 35,000-pound solar array segment into position on the far left end of the space station's main power truss today, wrapping up a two-day 145-foot move in a major milestone in the station's assembly.With the massive array precisely positioned and all four corner bolts lined up with guidance cones, Wheelock used a power tool at 6:17 a.m. to engage a central capture claw on the P5 spacer segment, pulling P6 into position for bolting. The spacewalkers then began tightening the four corner bolts to complete the long-awaited attachment."Hey Wheels. Don't put your fingers right here, OK?" Parazynski joked just before Wilson moved the huge truss in for capture.Television shots from spacesuit helmet cameras showed the base of the P6 segment precisely lined up with the P5 spacer segment as it moved slowly into position for capture, maneuvered with remarkable precision by Wilson and Tani. While Parazynski and Wheelock provided verbal cues for guidance, Wilson appeared to have no problem driving the big segment into place."Fifty seven foot pounds on corner one," Parazynski reported as he and Wheelock torqued the attachment bolts as required.Dwarfed by the big solar array segments, the astronauts also had to connect electrical grounding straps between P5 and P6 and four power umbilicals that will route telemetry to and from P6 once it is re-activated, along with electricity from its solar arrays.Around 7:10 a.m., Wilson was cleared to detach the robot arm from the P6 segment and reposition it to provide camera views of solar array re-deployment later this morning."I love this job," one of the spacewalkers said earlier as the shuttle-station complex flew 210 miles above India. "Beautiful view."Additional coverage for subscribers:VIDEO:THE FLIGHT DAY 7 HIGHLIGHTS MOVIE VIDEO:MONDAY'S MISSION STATUS BRIEFING VIDEO:ANOTHER RADIATOR DEPLOYED FROM THE S1 TRUSS VIDEO:RADIATOR DEPLOYED FROM STARBOARD 1 TRUSS VIDEO:ASTRONAUTS HAVE SOME FUN IN HARMONY VIDEO:CREW INTERVIEWED BY ABC NEWS VIDEO:CREW INTERVIEWED BY NBC NEWS VIDEO:CREW INTERVIEWED BY CNN VIDEO:NARRATED ANIMATION OF RADIATOR DEPLOYS VIDEO:NARRATED ANIMATION OF PORT 6 HANDOFF VIDEO:THE FLIGHT DAY 6 HIGHLIGHTS MOVIE VIDEO
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