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nasa delays spacewalk to fix solar wing | international | reuters   login my profile    logout heroes & zeroestop images from reuters sports in the 21st centuryview slideshow djia: 13307.09  |  nasdaq: 2673.65 you are here: home > news > international > article home business investing news u.s. politics international technology entertainment sports lifestyle oddly enough environment health science special coverage video pictures you witness blogs weather reader feedback do more with reuters rss mobile podcasts newsletters my headlines you witness news partner services careerbuilder affiliate network professional products financial media support (customer zone) about reuters featured videos of the weekvideo: talk of the town: broadway shutdownvideo: reuters oddly enough: and finally... reuters podcaststake the news with youvideo podcastsaudio podcasts nasa delays spacewalk to fix solar wing thu nov 1, 2007 12:50pm edt  email | print | share | reprints | single page | [-] text [+] by irene klotz cape canaveral, florida (reuters) - nasa on thursday delayed a risky spacewalk to fix a torn solar wing panel on the international space station until saturday, giving engineers more time to plan the unprecedented task. dangling from an extension boom, astronaut scott parazynski will attempt to install home-made braces to the broken hinges on one of the station's power-collecting wings. the boom will be mounted on the station's robotic crane to hoist parazynski nearly to the end of the outstretched span. the spacewalk had originally been targeted for friday to allow time for a second repair attempt before space shuttle discovery departs in case the first one failed. but with so many new procedures, robotic arm operations and safety concerns about having an astronaut work close to an electrically charged device, managers decided allow one more day to plan the outing. aboard the station, commander peggy whitson and discovery pilot george zamka set up an impromptu workshop to fashion aluminum strips into harnesses to take the load off the broken hinges on the station's ripped wing panel. wearing protective goggles, the two cut strips of aluminum, taped pieces together for strength and punched holes so wire ties can bind the brace to the damaged solar panel. the flap tore on tuesday as astronauts were extending the panel. engineers are not sure exactly what happened, but fixing the damage has become the top priority of discovery's extended, 15-day mission.  continued... view article on single page   share: del.icio.us digg mixx my web facebook newsvine    powered by sphere featured broker sponsored link editor's choice a selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours.  view slideshow  indepthtechnologyenvironment us: sexually transmitted diseases on the riselifestyle: rare andean cub finds adopted familyentertainment: schwarzenegger takes role in strike most popular on reuters miami condo at ground zero in mortgage fraud former pilots and officials call for new u.s. ufo probe pump price to jump 20 cents next 2-3 weeks: government u.s. attack on iran may "open pandora's box" smoking suitcase taken off plane in phoenix in land of the monkey god, a primate menaces former pilots, officials call for ufo probe even erotic food has to follow the rules prehistoric women had passion for fashion which politician do voters want to see nude? most popular articles rss feed video  bhutto to musharraf: step down talk of the town: kanye's tragedy pakistan to resume musharraf case miss international queen 2007 six decades in the wilderness runaway kangaroo largest diamond goes on preview norman mailer dead at 84 spanish king interrupts chavez democrats enter new phase in iowa most popular videos rss feed turkeyirangoldoilindiakosovosomaliaargentinairaqmexico reuters.com:  help and contact us  |  advertise with us  |  mobile  |  newsletters  |  rss  |  widgets  |  interactive tv  |  labs  |  reuters in second life  |  archive  |  site index reuters corporate:  copyright  |  disclaimer  |  privacy  |  professional products  |  professional products support  |  about reuters  |  careers   international editions: africa  |  arabic  |  argentina  |  brazil  |  canada  |  chinese simplified  |  chinese traditional  |  france  |  germany  |  india  |  italy  |  japan  |  latin america  |  mexico  |  russia  |  spain  |  united kingdom  |  united states   reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. reuters journalists are subject to the reuters editorial handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.

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