D-Bone
Aug 21st '06, 01:16 PM
Technicians on Sunday successfully swapped out two bolts securing a crucial communications antenna on space shuttle Atlantis because engineers thought they were too short.
The last-minute change-out wasn't expected to affect the schedule for Atlantis' planned launch next Sunday on a mission to resume construction on the international space station.
"Everything went well and we're good to go," NASA spokeswoman Tracy Young said.
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The last-minute change-out wasn't expected to affect the schedule for Atlantis' planned launch next Sunday on a mission to resume construction on the international space station.
"Everything went well and we're good to go," NASA spokeswoman Tracy Young said.
Read More: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/08/21/shuttle_spa.html?category=space&guid=20060821093000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000