The successful mission increases the station's electrical power capacity and allows for the expansion of the station's crew from three to six crew members. Discovery launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Mission STS-119 — the 28th mission to the space station. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company. Using the space station's robotic arm, astronauts will install the solar panel arrays to complete the solar electricity capabilities of the station. The entire set of arrays will generate approximately 80 kilowatts of electricity, enough to power 30 average-sized homes. The arrays are part of a larger electrical distribution system designed and built by United Technologies Corp.'s Hamilton Sundstrand Rocketdyne division.
Satnews Daily
March 16th, 2009
Pratt & Whitney's SSMEs Are Boosters For Discovery
The successful mission increases the station's electrical power capacity and allows for the expansion of the station's crew from three to six crew members. Discovery launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Mission STS-119 — the 28th mission to the space station. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company. Using the space station's robotic arm, astronauts will install the solar panel arrays to complete the solar electricity capabilities of the station. The entire set of arrays will generate approximately 80 kilowatts of electricity, enough to power 30 average-sized homes. The arrays are part of a larger electrical distribution system designed and built by United Technologies Corp.'s Hamilton Sundstrand Rocketdyne division.