Posted Aug 16, 2007 at 05:02PM by Isaac C. Listed in: International Space Station, News, NASA, Space Exploration, Spacecraft, Space Missions Tags: NASA, International Space Station, Shuttle
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Spacewalk - Image 1During the construction and maintenance of the International Space Station, astronaut Rick Mastracchio noticed a hole in his glove. Now the first thing that comes to mind would be the "15 seconds of glory" scenario a person would go through when out in space without a suit, but Mastracchio was safe and sound.

While the hole didn't penetrate through all the layers of the suit, he was called back inside the airlock as a precaution. Clay Anderson, his partner, continued work outside while Mastracchio informed Mission Control that he's "Doing good. Looking out the hatch, wishing I was out there."

The incident brought up concerns in NASA to approve another spacewalk to repair a deep gouge in the Endeavour shuttle. Yep, the same shuttle whose name got misspelled on the launch pad. The gouge was caused by a small piece of insulation breaking off and hitting the shuttle's belly a minute after liftoff.


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   by incromatica (Unregistered) - 2007-08-17
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qj is slow as *****! heard about this a couple days ago



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