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ABC News: Phew! Space Station's Only Toilet Fixed
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So when astronauts living aboard the International Space Station called for a plumber, no one balked at the call-out fee of $450 million ($230 million). (article 1)

Space shuttle Discovery's main mission is to install the Kibo lab module on the International Space Station - but what's really captivated the world's attention is a more fundamental issue. (article 3)

Less than a week before Discovery lifted off from Cape Canaveral Saturday evening, the Russian-built zero-gravity toilet aboard the space station broke down. (article 3)

The, ahem, solid-waste disposal aspect of the loo is still working fine, but extra water has to be pumped by hand into the system for the liquid-waste part to function. (article 3)

Now a Russian space official says that if the repair, scheduled for Wednesday, doesn't fix the situation, the space station's crew of three may have to come home early - Click here to watch live NASA TV. (article 3)

Kononenko transformed Wednesday morning from an astronaut into a plumber to successfully repair the only toilet at the International Space Station. (article 4)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A pair of spacewalking astronauts prepped a giant billion-dollar Japanese laboratory yesterday for its long-awaited anchoring to the International Space Station. (article 6)

Space shuttle Discovery's main mission is to install the Kibo lab module on the International Space Station - but what's really captivated the world's attention is a more fundamental issue. (article 2)

Less than a week before Discovery lifted off from Cape Canaveral Saturday evening, the Russian-built zero-gravity toilet aboard the space station broke down. (article 2)

The, ahem, solid-waste disposal aspect of the loo is still working fine, but extra water has to be pumped by hand into the system for the liquid-waste part to function. (article 2)

Now a Russian space official says that if the repair, scheduled for Wednesday, doesn't fix the situation, the space station's crew of three may have to come home early - Click here to watch live NASA TV. (article 2)

Kononenko transformed Wednesday morning from an astronaut into a plumber to successfully repair the only toilet at the International Space Station. (article 3)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A pair of spacewalking astronauts prepped a giant billion-dollar Japanese laboratory yesterday for its long-awaited anchoring to the International Space Station. (article 4)

Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan Jr. quickly took care of all the preliminaries, removing covers and disconnecting cables on the bus-size lab, named Kibo, Japanese for hope. (article 4)

Source articles
  1. Nasa's $450m space mission allows astronauts to spend a penny (timesonline.co.uk, 06/05/2008, 287 words)
  2. Send news tip to FOXNews.com (FOX News, 06/04/2008, 1145 words)
  3. FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/04/2008, 508 words)
  4. ABC News: Phew! Space Station's Only Toilet Fixed (ABCNews, 06/04/2008, 406 words)
  5. Space station crew repair toilet (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 236 words)
  6. Spacewalk readies lab for station (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 162 words)
Source articles
  1. Send news tip to FOXNews.com (FOX News, 06/04/2008, 1145 words)
  2. FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/04/2008, 508 words)
  3. ABC News: Phew! Space Station's Only Toilet Fixed (ABCNews, 06/04/2008, 406 words)
  4. Spacewalk readies lab for station (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 162 words)


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Space, Toilet, station, NASA, Mars




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