Space Station Maneuvering System Fails
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Trouble on the International Space Station could mean changes for the next space shuttle mission.


Astronauts aboard Discovery could find themselves on a repair mission, WESH 2 News reported.


That's because part of the space station's maneuvering system is not working. Mission Controllers shut down one of the station's four stabilizers. They keep the station correctly oriented in space.



So on Discovery's scheduled December mission, astronauts may have to toss out their assembly plans and make repairs instead.