Astronauts Finish Space Station's Lube Job
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › November 25, 2008
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronauts successfully carried out one last spacewalk Monday, finishing an unprecedented clean and lube job that they began a week ago at the international space station.
Spacewalker Stephen Bowen wrapped up work on a jammed solar-wing rotary joint as his partner, Shane Kimbrough, squirted some extra grease as a precaution on another joint that is working fine.See the full content of this document
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Astronauts Finish Space Station's Lube Job
When the repairs to the gummed-up joint were deemed complete, Mission Control radioed up its applause.
"Finally," Bowen said. "Thanks for your work," replied Mission C...See the full content of this document
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