Cosmonauts find another wrench; loosen airlock hatch bolt

Cosmonauts aboard the cluttered Mir orbital station found a critical tool yesterday that had eluded them earlier and used it to loosen an overtightened bolt on the station's airlock hatch that stymied an attempt to exit the station for a spacewalk on Tuesday. The wrench turned up after a thorough...

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