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Article: NASA Reports Second Gyroscope Failure on Space Station.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- April 23, 2004
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By Gwyneth K. Shaw, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 23--WASHINGTON -- A second of four gyroscopes that help stabilize the international space station has stopped working, although NASA officials remain confident that the orbiting laboratory won't be seriously affected by it.
The station can be operated safely with only two of the stabilizers -- and if one of them fails, small thrusters can be used to control it, said Mike Suffredini, the operations manager for the station. The crew is in no danger, he said, and there is enough fuel for the thrusters on board to operate the station for at least six months, and ...