Mir crew may try to find hole in Spektr for later repairs

MOSCOW - A secondary goal of the planned spacewalk Thursday to restore full power on Russia's Mir orbital station will be finding the hole that let the air out of the Spektr module in hopes it can be repaired at a later date. A spacesuited cosmonaut will peer into the darkened Spektr and, switching...

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