Spacewalkers suit up for in-orbit cleaning job
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 12:22
in Mathematics & Economics
(AP) -- Two astronauts face a tedious cleaning and lube job Tuesday, the first of a series of spacewalks to resurrect a massive joint that turns one of the international space station's power-generating solar-panel wings toward the sun.
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