On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:51:18 -0700, Alex Terrell
wrote:


The mission is scheduled to last for 11 days but can be extended to 14
thanks to a new piece of equipment that allows the shuttle to tap into
the power grid of the ISS.

This is what we call a "plug".

I'm amazed this hasn't been done before.

The Station didn't have enough electrical power before. It achieved
that with the S4 solar arrays installed on the Atlantis flight in
June.

Brian