Space shuttle makes room for toilet fix

Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 16:07 in Astronomy & Space

NASA has made a last-minute change to its cargo aboard the space shuttle Discovery on Thursday, swapping 16 kg of equipment for something far more pressing: a toilet pump.

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