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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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