Spacewalkers discover metal shavings inside solar panel joint

Monday, October 29, 2007

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Spacewalking astronauts doing construction work outside the international space station Sunday made a disturbing discovery: what appear to be metal shavings inside a joint that is needed to turn a set of solar power panels.

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