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China Daily | Updated: 2009-05-14 07:41
'Shuttle damage minor'
The space shuttle Atlantis crew raced toward a risky high-orbit rendezvous with the Hubble telescope yesterday despite damage found on the underside of their craft.
During a marathon 10-hour survey of fragile heat shielding, the seven-member Atlantis crew found a string of gouges stretching 53 cm across four heatshield tiles.
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