NASA Ponders Extra EVA To Fix Station Thermal Control System
HOUSTON — NASA is considering a second extension of the shuttle Discovery’s mission to the International Space Station to carry out an unplanned spacewalk to replace a nitrogen tank assembly with a stuck thermal control system regulator valve. Ron Spencer, the lead station flight director, said...
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