damage.jpgSTS-120 flight to International Space Station continues mission for one more day in order to look at the damage to the P6 4B solar array. Astronaut Dan Tani found out that the solar array wing is damaged and there are metal pieces around it. The crew has photographed the damage and sent the images down to Earth for further examinations.

Two astronauts have completed a space walk and are preparing for the third spacewalk which is scheduled to take place on Thursday. STS-120 is 23rd shuttle mission to the International Space Station. The creq is up there in the ISS right now for launching an Italian-built U.S. multi-port module for the station. The flight is commanded by is Pamela Ann Melroy.

In case you did not know yet, you can follow the missions live in Nasa-TV. You can watch realtime what astronomers are doing in space and you can hear much of the radio conversation between the crew and ground control. Just launch the player in Nasa’s mission website. Just look for link “Launch Video Player” in the right side of the page.

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