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Photo gallery:
Gap filler removed
BY SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: August 3, 2005

Astronaut Steve Robinson is perched on the end of the space station's robot arm close to the nose of shuttle Discovery. Images: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now.

Robinson reaches in to remove the first of two protruding gap fillers. Images: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now.

The helmet camera of fellow spacewalker Soichi Noguchi captures an overhead view from the towering space station as Steve Robinson is repositioned to grab the second gap filler. Images: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now.

Robinson gently holds the second protruding gap filler with his spacesuited thumb and finger. Images: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now.

The gap filler is removed with ease. The red coloring on the gap filler is the RTV glue that should have held it in place between the tiles. Images: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now.

The gap filler is removed with ease. With repairs complete, Robinson takes some photographs from his unique vantage point beneath the belly of the orbiter. Images: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now.

Status Summary

Discovery safely touched down at 8:11 a.m. EDT (1211 GMT) Tuesday morning at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Weather worries off the coast of Florida thwarted both landing opportunities this morning at Kennedy Space Center, forcing a detour to the backup landing site.

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