Spacewalkers experiment on repairing Discovery's heat shield
13th Jul 2006, 23:31 GMT
Two spacewalking astronauts got into the cargo bay of the space shuttle Discovery Wednesday and tested techniques that can be used in case the shuttle needs emergency repairs to its heat shield.
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