Stuck Valve Stalls Activation Of ISS Thermal Control System

HOUSTON — Spacewalking astronauts from the shuttle Discovery finished plumbing a newly installed coolant tank outside the International Space Station (ISS) April 13, but a stuck nitrogen valve prevented NASA’s Mission Control from reactivating the replenished thermal control system. Control center...

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