Atlantis Sets Up Station For The Long Term
Credit: NASA/JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
Spare parts delivered by the space shuttle Atlantis should help the International Space Station operate long after the shuttle fleet retires, stretching its service life with extra gyros, pumps and other hardware that inevitably will wear out. Atlantis was headed home for its next-to-last landing...
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