Space station crew pulls out spare 'broom'

Crew members on the International Space Station (ISS) retrieved a critical spare part from storage Jan. 2 as planning continued for a spacewalk to recover some of the mobility in the station's frozen starboard solar array. Engineers believe the bearing rotor roll-ring module - a power slip-ring...

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