Shuttle May Fly 1 More Day to Fix Experiment
An extra day may be added to the space shuttle Endeavour’s mission to make time-consuming repairs on a water-recycling experiment, NASA said Sunday.
The eight-day mission is supposed to end Tuesday with a landing at Kennedy Space Center.
The water experiment involves running potassium iodide-tainted water through filters for purification. A test line is clogged.
Engineers who developed a system to recycle wash water, urine and perspiration into drinking water aboard a space station want to see how well their equipment works in weightlessness.
Taste tests already have been conducted on the ground and indicate that the recycled water is clean and acceptable for crew use.
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