This image shows ROSA solar panels on the space station during earlier testing of deployment and retraction in 2017. (IMAGE)

NASA/Johnson Space Center

This image shows ROSA solar panels on the space station during earlier testing of deployment and retraction in 2017.

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This image shows ROSA solar panels on the space station during earlier testing of deployment and retraction in 2017. A second set of iROSA panels launching in the trunk of SpaceX-26 could provide a 20 to 30% increase in power for space station research and operations.

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NASA

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