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Space shuttle to get critical fix

By Paul Rincon

BBC News science reporter, Houston

An astronaut is to make unprecedented repairs to the space shuttle Discovery, the US space agency Nasa has announced.

Stephen Robinson will remove strips that are sticking out between heatshield tiles on Discovery's belly.

Nasa is concerned the dangling material - called gap fillers - could cause part of the shuttle to overheat as it re-enters the atmosphere.

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The guy is standing right under the shuttle now...

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