The shuttle Discovery’s astronauts are getting ready to leave the International Space Station after they completed that most complex task of their mission, which was folding up a jammed solar array on an impromptu spacewalk. On their mission, the astronauts have also rewired the space station and conducted three scheduled spacewalks.
Their latest and greatest success […]
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