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Real World: Home Improvement - Space Station Style

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Join astronauts on a spacewalk to fix the solar arrays on the International Space Station, or ISS. Find out about new crew quarters, exercise equipment, a recycling system and an expanded kitchen that finally includes a refrigerator. Keep on top of what's happening on the Space Station visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

Published on: October 26, 2010

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  • National Institute of Aerospace; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Solar Energy. 6-8

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