Boeing completes another pressure test on Station Node 1

Boeing engineers completed another pressure test on the first U.S. element of the International Space Station Friday, taking Node 1 to 15.2 psi in an effort to test their theory as to why strain gauges maxed out before reaching target levels on an earlier pressure test. The Station prime contractor...

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