STS-117 mission specialist Steven Swanson participates in the mission's second extravehicular activity. Among other tasks, Swanson and fellow astronaut Patrick Forrester removed all of the launch locks holding the 10-foot-wide solar alpha rotary joint in place and began the solar array retraction.
STS-117 mission specialist Steven Swanson participates in the mission’s second extravehicular activity. Among other tasks, Swanson and fellow astronaut Patrick Forrester removed all of the launch locks holding the 10-foot-wide solar alpha rotary joint in place and began the solar array retraction.Image credit: NASA