NASA astronaut preps in orbit for emergency Discovery repair
Discovery astronaut Stephen Robinson readies an in orbit repair using improvised tools including forceps scissors and a duct tape hack to remove two ceramic fiber filler strips protruding from the shuttle belly. NASA aims to prevent heat shield damage on re entry next week at mission end.
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Bush thanks astronauts from the space shuttle mission
President Bush phoned NASA astronauts aboard Discovery to praise their risk taking for exploration and wish them Godspeed as they prepare for a dangerous repair task. Commander Eileen Collins and crew described their belief in the mission amid the high stakes undeclared maneuver to fix protruding filler on the shuttle’s thermal tile belly.
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