The Washington Post, March 29th, 2005
The two space station astronauts installed antennas and released a baby Sputnik during a spacewalk Monday, completing the work just before the orbiting outpost drifted and rolled slightly because its gyroscopes were overloaded. The astronauts were in no danger, and the slow roll -- which lasted 17 minutes -- was not unexpected. In fact, NASA said, the space station held steady longer than anticipated. For reasons that are not entirely clear to NASA, the space station has tended to drift during spacewalks over the past year or so. The space agency thought the problem might be even worse this ti...
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