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Stories about: repairs

Discovery Undergoes Damage Inspection Again The space shuttle Discovery appears to be plagued by bad luck. After all it's been through since late October, the orbiter underwent two new check-ups on the night of February 8 and the morning of February 9. A tool used to repair the spacecraft came loose and fell to the ground at the launch pad.The accident to... 10 February 2011 03:02 GMT Getting Ready to Restart the LHC After constructions that lasted more than a decade and billions of dollars invested in the world's largest scientific experiment, physicists who are now operating the Large Hadron Collider have just realized that they don't really know how the entire system works, in all of its details. As a result, they sa... 27 May 2009 05:17 GMT "Mechanic" Satellite Peeks Under Its Own Skirt A mechanic satellite designed to refuel and repair a partner in space launched on March 9, but not long after its launch, the satellite, called ASTRO (Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations), experienced guidance problems.The $300 million Orbital Express mission is comprised of the Autonomous Space Transfer a... 2 April 2007 05:09 GMT