Of course, when carrying large panels, having a helper is best.
Electricity has been generated by photovoltaics on earth and in space for many years; most satellites carry photovoltaic solar panels that produce one kilowatt or less to supply their electrical needs.
All of them carried panels of dome-coverings in case of an air attack with plasma beams again.
A modified S-IVB would be launched into orbit, the second stage carrying a docking module and large solar panels in the area normally carrying the LM.
Although carrying over the same platform, mechanicals, and some body panels seen on the "Third Generation" Riviera, Buick replaced its distinctive 'boat tail' roofline with a more conventional-looking "Colonnade" treatment.
An improved version of the Zenit 4, the Zenit 4M carried a new camera, solar panels, and a restartable engine so the satellite's orbit could be altered during the course of its mission.
The team members all carried varied-hued panels to be used for identification from the air, but they were often very difficult to see.
Those flights were to lug components for expanding the basic skeleton of the station, carry more power-generating solar panels, and in November, for the first time since Challenger blew up, send a teacher, Barbara Morgan, into space.
She is an electric car and carries solar panels on her roof.
Like all the American OSO-series satellites, it had two major segments: one, the "Sail", was stabilized to face the Sun, and carried both solar panels and Sun-pointing experiments for solar physics.