NASA decides to prioritize: damaged solar panel, then rotary joint
After canceling Thursday’s spacewalk, NASA mission managers for the STS-120 shuttle mission and the Expedition 16 station crew are hoping that Saturday’s spacewalk will fix the damaged solar panel, which... Full story »
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