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In a further blow to NASA pride, the Russian Space Agency publicly stated it would
rescue Collins and her crew "if it came to that."
Discovery docked with the International Space Station [ISS] on Thursday morning
with a shipload of groceries, oxygen and other essentials.
On Saturday morning, NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson and Soichi Noguchi, who
is representing Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency, ventured on a spacewalk and
experimented with space age cement designed to fill in cracks and chips suffered to
the heat-resistant tiles covering the shuttle's body.
"There are just no words to describe how cool this is," Robinson uttered while enjoy-
ing the thrill of his virgin walk in deep space.
The astronauts maintained contact with David Wolf, a veteran of four spacewalks, at
Mission Control in Houston, Texas.
On Monday, Robinson and Noguchi during a 7-hour spacewalk replaced a 600-pound
gyroscope, crucial for controlling the shuttle's movement in space.
NASA is downplaying the foam issue but the repercussions from this unexpected re-
occurrence could make Discovery the last shuttle mission.
For the first time in space history, Robinson will carry out on Wednesday repairs on
the belly of the shuttle. He must pull out or cut off two protruding gap fillers in Dis-
covery's heat shield. These strips could add to the intense heat on the shuttle during
re-entry.
The space shuttle Atlantis had been scheduled for a mission in September, but the
goal was crushed to space dust following the latest setbacks. There are tentative plans
for another launch next year, but that may be simply space dreaming. NASA's shuttle
program is
MAKS-2005 Closes with Record Breakers
By Anna Arutunyan
Moscow concluded its seventh annual International Aviation and Space Salon
(MAKS-2005) on ЛSunday, setting two aviation speed records and making deals to
sell up to $4 billion worth of aviation technology.
The aviation show kicked off
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on August 16 at an air strip in the town of Zhukovsky
near Moscow, displaying the might
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of some 200 military and civilian aircraft, and 49
models including new Tu-204-300 passenger planes, the Mi-38 helicopter, and an
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kick off - начинать
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might - возможности

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