[sarex] Spacewalkers find solar-panel joint damage

[Arthur Rowe <azrowe80@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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*Oct. 28, 2007, 6:50PM*
Spacewalkers find solar-panel joint damage

By MARCIA DUNN
Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts doing construction work
outside the international space station today 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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