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NASA appoints board to invesgitate early spacewalk termination

Washington, USA - The group will be chaired by Chris Hansen, International Space Station chief engineer

The American space agency NASA has appointed a board to investigate the July 16 early termination of a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, develop a set of lessons learned from the incident and suggest ways to prevent a similar problem in the future. The board will begin its work Friday, August 2, in close coordination with a NASA engineering team already examining the spacesuit and...

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Rome, Italy, 07/24/2013 11:43
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