ISS recoit son panneau solaire!!!!

Astronauts prepare for final walk

Astronauts will perform another spacewalk to fix a solar panel Spacewalk scenes

The crew of the space shuttle Discovery are preparing for a fourth spacewalk, to fix a jammed solar panel at the International Space Station (ISS).

Nasa approved the spacewalk when astronauts Robert Curbeam and Sunita Williams struggled to fix the panel after rewiring electrical systems.

The spacewalk is scheduled for Monday, and will delay the shuttle's return to Earth by a day.

Nasa said the ISS rewired system was now powered up and operating normally.

The rewiring was delayed after the 2003 Columbia disaster and will provide a power upgrade to support extra equipment.

Mr Curbeam is an experienced spacewalker who has taken part in all three spacewalks on Discovery's mission to the ISS, and will lead the effort to unjam the solar panel.

A fourth spacewalk would be a record for an astronaut on a single shuttle mission.

"Really, if anyone can do it, it's Beamer [Curbeam]. He is rock solid," said Nasa's spacewalk officer Tricia Mack.

Crédits: BBC