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December 17, 2013

NASA sees 'some success' with space station fix
Washington (AFP) Dec 16, 2013
NASA engineers are still trying to fix an International Space Station cooling problem and have not yet decided whether spacewalks will be necessary, the US space agency said Monday. The NASA team on the ground is "having some degree of success" at working on a faulty valve that has disrupted the equipment cooling system aboard the orbiting research outpost, said ISS Missions Operations Integration Manager Kenny Todd. "We are pretty excited about that," added Todd, who said it remained unclear w ... read more

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