Discovery crew prepares for delicate on-orbit gap-filler repair

Discovery's crew spent much of Aug. 2 preparing for the next day's delicate on-orbit repair job during which Astronaut Steve Robinson will remove two protruding tile gap-fillers from the shuttle's underbelly. "It's conceptually very simple, but it has to be done very, very carefully," Robinson said...

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