Wake Shield recaptured after making four semiconductor wafers
Astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour recaptured the balky Wake Shield Facility yesterday, recovering four supposedly ultra-pure wafers of semiconductor material after using the free-flying 12-foot steel disk to measure how hard Shuttle maneuvering jets hit nearby structures in orbit...
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