Astronauts Step Out for Long, Greasy Joint Repair at Iss

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts stepped out for the longest and hardest spacewalk of their mission Saturday to wrap up greasy repair work on a gummed-up joint at the International Space Station.

As spacewalk No. 3 was getting underway, a new recycling system for converting urine into drinking water broke down again.

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Astronauts Step Out for Long, Greasy Joint Repair at Iss

It was the third day in a row the urine processor inexplicably shut down, and it appeared to be the same kind of sluggish motor trouble seen before. Engineers on t...

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