Entrepreneur giving space shuttle truss new uses Date: May 14, 2013 Source: NASA Summary: A truss design devised to help workers process space shuttles continues to find new uses as a space ...

Discovery astronauts completed the first major task of their mission Tuesday, successfully installing the 2-ton P5 truss on the International Space Station’s main backbone during a six-hour ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Oct. 14 -- The Discovery astronauts recovered from a potentially crippling short circuit today and installed a nine-ton structural truss on the spine of the International Space ...

The S1 truss carries three radiator panels extended in orbit as part of the cooling system for the space station’s electronics. Each radiator is about 75 feet long and about 11 feet wide.

The S1 truss segment also will house communications systems, external experiment positions and other subsystems. Primarily constructed of aluminum, the truss segment is 45 feet long, 15 feet wide ...