Next shuttle mission extended one day for airlock work

Human spaceflight managers at NASA have extended the upcoming STS-124 International Space Station (ISS) assembly mission by one day to give the crew of the shuttle Discovery time to change out a spacesuit-battery recharger in the U.S. Quest airlock. Veteran astronauts Mark Kelly, the STS-124...

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